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HISTORY 



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WAR OF THE REVOLUTION. 



FREDERIC KIDDER. 





.1 LEANT: 
JOEL M U N S E L L 

1868. 



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PREFACE. 



i HE story of the American Eevolution has been 
often written, and most readers are familiar with 
its prominent features of toils, privation and battles, 
as well as with the lives of its noted warriors and 
statesmen. But history like science and the arts 
is progressive, and we now desire to see details, 
we wish to know more of the every day life of 
that period, the names and doings of the humbler 
officers and men who were the participators in the 
long marches and sufferings, and also in the battles 
which produced such glorious results. But so far 
our history seems deficient in these particulars, as 
well as in giving us any information of the manner 
in which regiments were raised, armed, clothed, 
and supplied with the resources for war. We now 
find in some of the histories of regiments in the 
late rebellion details that will supply the want of 



iv PREFACE. 

future readers and historians, but I think no history 
of a revolutionary regiment has ever yet been 
pubHshed, and it would appear to be difficult now 
to find materials for such a purpose. Having 
ventured to attempt it, it may be proper to give 
some account of the way these materials were 
procured and the reason for now making them 
public, as well as the motives which prompted it. 
A few years ago I met with the journal of an 
officer in a New Hampshire regiment in the 
Revolution, and obtained a cop}^ About a year 
ago in a search which I made for another pur- 
pose in the State House at Concord, I saw what 
proved to be the pay master s ledger, containing 
the names, rank and other particulars of every 
man who served in the First New Hampshire regi- 
ment from Jan. 1, 1777 to Jan. 1, 1782. Having 
obtained the loan of the volume I commenced 
preparing the material for printing, but soon found 
I was deficient in the rolls for the succeeding years 
as well as many other necessary papers. About 
this time I learned that the paymaster's papers 
were in the hands of his son James Blake Esqr., of 
Dorchester. On visiting him he freely tendered 



PREFACE. V 

me the use of a large quantity of documents refer- 
ring to this regiment, many of which aided me in 
this work, and from all these and a few brief 
extracts from printed volumes this book has been 
compiled. 

It would have been easy to have much enlarged 
this volume by giving particular accounts of the 
battles in which the regiment participated, or by 
extended notices of its four celebrated command- 
ers, Stark, Cilley, Scammell, and Dearborn, Avhose 
names are bright in the annals of New Hamp- 
shire and add lustre to the history of the nation. 
But I desired to avoid to any extent reprinting any 
thing that already could be found in our histories, 
but rather to give the minute details that these 
manuscripts furnished of the way in which com- 
panies were raised, regiments formed, and the 
statistics showing the relative ]'ank, pay and 
rations, as also the laws, rules and materials for 
clothing of these troops. 

The history of a regiment — whose organization 
is coeval with the commencement of the Revolu- 
tionary war, and whose term of service extended 
beyond its close — who fought bravely at Bunker 



vi PREFACE. 

Hill, Trenton, Saratoga, Monmouth, Yorktown, 
and other fields, will I hope contain facts that 
will commend it to lovers of American history, 
now and in the future. 

In conclusion I would say, that my only motive 
in preparing this work has been to preserve the 
names and record the services of the men who aided 
in achieving our independence, and to contribute 
some enduring memorial towards the history of 
my native state. 

Boston, Julij^ 1868. 



CONTENTS 



Page. 

Introductory, - - 1 

KoLL OF Officers, 9 

Reorganization, 11 

Form of Enlistment, 14 

Lieut. Thomas Blake's Journal, . _ _ 25 

Return of Killed, Wounded and Missing 

in the Action of September 19, 1777, - 35 

Clothing Regulations for the Army, - - 57 

Depreciation of Currency, ... 80 

Roll of the Regiment 1780 and 1782, - - 81, 85 

List of Officers under Col. Cilley, 1780, - 82 

List of Officers 1776 and 1781, ... 84 

Allowance to Officers, .... 86 

Biographical Sketches of Officers, - - 90 

Enlisted Men who Served in the Regiment, 

1777 TO 1782, ..-..-• 131 

Roll of Men, Non-Commissioned Officers 

AND Soldiers, 1782, . .... 162 



THE HISTOEY 



FIRST NEW HAMPSHIRE REGIMENT. 



W HEN the news of the opeDing of the revolution 
by the attack of the British forces at Lexington, 
and their repulse at Concord, on the 19th of April, 
1775, went through the country with a speed never 
before known, the men of New Hampshire were at 
once on their way to Cambridge, where, seeing that the 
war was commenced, the leaders, most of whom had 
seen service in the French wars, felt the necessity 
of an immediate organization. On the 21st of April, 
a convention of delegates from many of the towns in 
the province met at Exeter, when it was " voted that 
Col. Nathaniel Folsom be desired to take the chief 
command of the troops who have or may go from this 
government to assist our suffering brethren in the 
province of Massachusetts Bay, and to order for the 
troops the necessary supplies, etc." Subsequently the 
convention transmitted a letter to the government of 
Massachusetts, in which they say : " But this body, 
though heartily willing to contribute in every advisable 



2 HISTORY OF THE 

method to your aid for the common safety, judge it 
not expedient now to determine upon the estabhsh- 
ment of an array of observation, as the towns in this 
government are not generally represented." " But it 
is recommended in the meantime to the towns in this 
colony to supply the men gone from it with provisions 
and the other necessaries, and from the spirit of the 
people you may expect their aid, should the emergency 
require it." 

In the meantime, the committee of safety for 
Massachusetts took the initiative in organizing the 
large number of troops which had assembled at Cam- 
bridge, and on the 26th of April, they issued a com- 
mission as colonel to John Stark with "beating 
orders," and under this he enlisted eight hundred men 
" from the tap of the drum." Capt. James Reed from 
Cheshire county, and Paul Dudley Sargent from Hills- 
borough county, also received commissions as colonels, 
which were given and accepted with the condition to 
continue " till ISTew Hampshire should act." Col. 
Stark having a high reputation as an officer, soon 
raised fourteen companies, while Reed and Sargent 
only enlisted four companies each for some weeks. 

Upon the convention at Exeter deciding to organize 
a military force and adopt the regiments then at Cam- 
bridge as a part of it. Col. Reed visited that body, and 
was commissioned as colonel of one of these regiments. 
But Stark finding himself in command of the largest 
regiment in the army, and jealous that Gen. Folsoni 



FIRST XEW HAMPSHIRE REGDIENT. 3 

should have been made a brigadier, and so outrank 
him, would not come into the arrangement. And when 
Gen. Folsom ordered him to make a report of his 
regiment. Stark paid no attention to his order. On 
the 30th of May, Stark received orders from the con- 
vention to report to that body in person. Upon this 
he went to Exeter, and matters were now arranged to 
his satisfaction. His regiment was called the First New 
Hampshire regiment, and was to consist of twelve compa- 
nies, while the other regiments were to contain ten 
companies each: under this arrangement he received a 
commission as colonel. 

The New Hampshire troops were quartered at Med- 
ford, from whence Stark and Reed's regiments marched 
on the 17th of June to take part in the battle on 
Bunker hill : the record of that day, and the part 
taken in it by these regiments, forms a portion of the 
history of the country. During the summer and 
autumn, these regiments were stationed at Winter hill, 
where fortifications had been raised. 

After the evacuation of Boston, in March, 1776, 
Stark was ordered with his regiment to New York, 
and during the summer they went with the expedition 
to Canada, and on the return of that army they pro- 
ceeded to Philadelphia, where they were under the 
command of Washington, and formed a part of Gen. 
Sullivan's brigade. 

While they were slowly retreating through New 
Jersey, the term for which these regiments had enlisted 



4 HISTORY OF THE 

expired. The army, on which the liopcs of the country 
now rested, had dwindled to u remnant of what it had 
been. It was poorly clad, fed and paid. They were 
opposed by a well appointed British force of more 
than double their number, thoroughly disciplined and 
completely furnished with every needed supply. 

In this discouraging condition, Washington made 
an appeal to these regiments to remain w^th him till 
the season for active service was over, and the enemy 
had retired to winter quarters. To this appeal an assent 
was made, and the result of that decision will now be 
given. Not intending to enlarge on the exploits of this 
period, which have so often been carefully w^ritten, we 
have passed lightly over the battle of Bunker hill, as 
well as the march to New York, and the part this regi- 
ment took in the expedition to Canada, and the retreat. 
But the events of December, 1776, and the brilliant 
action in which the First New Hampshire regiment 
took so prominent a part would seem to require some 
more definite details. The following is mainly taken 
from Judge Potter's History of Manchester^ N. H. 

The affairs of the Americans were now in a desj)erate 
condition. Washington's army (which now included 
the New Hampshire troops), poorlj^paid, and as poorly 
clad, had been forced to retreat through New Jersey, 
before the powerful forces of Cornwallis and Howe, 
and that state was in the power of the enemy. An 
insurrection in favor of the royal cause was feared in 
Philadelphia. And to add to Washington's perplexi- 



FIRST NEW HAMPSHIRE REGIMENT. 5 

ties under all these difficulties, tlie time of enlistment 
of the ^ew England troops, on wliicli he most relied, 
had expired. All these circumstances were known to 
the enemy, and Gen. Washington feared they would 
cross the Delaware and take Philadelphia. 

In this posture of affairs, Washington determined 
on offensive measures, and, if possible, to strike a blow, 
that while it would surprise and intimidate the enemy, 
should inspire confidence in the people for their army 
and the cause. The British forces were distributed 
through the most important towns in New Jersey, four 
thousand men being posted on the Delaware at Tren- 
ton, and in that neighborhood. These were under the 
command of Col. Ralle, a Hessian officer of distinc- 
tion. Count Donop, another Hessian officer of merit, 
was at Bordentowu, lower down on the Delaware, 
with a brigade of Hessians, and there was another force 
as low down as Burlington. Deeming the affairs of 
the Americans in a state of desperation, the British 
commanders were unwary, and lax in discipline. 

This was favorable for Washington. He determined 
to cross the Delaware and attack the British in their 
fancied security. In order to better accomplish this, 
he divided his force into three divisions. Gen. Irvine 
with the Pennsylvania regulars and JSTew Jersey militia, 
were to cross at Trenton and secure a bridge below that 
town, and thus cut off their retreat in that direction. 
Gen. Cadwallader with the Pennsylvania militia, was 
to cross at Bristol, and attack the force at Burlington, 



6 HISTORY OF THE 

while the main force under Washington, consisting 
mainly of troops from New Ejigland, was to cross at a 
ferry nine miles above Trenton and attack Ralle's 
forces then in possession of that town. 

The attack was planned for Christmas night, Decem- 
ber 25, 1776, when it would be likely that the enemy 
were celebrating that festival. 

The division under Irvine failed. It was extremely 
cold, and they could not succeed in crossing the river. 
Gen. Cadwallader succeeded in getting over a part of 
his infantry, but they returned. Thus, then, two divi- 
sions had completely failed ; but Washington's division 
was composed of a different kind of men. 

Neither rain, snow, or ice could stop the New Eng- 
land troops. They were delayed some hours, and did 
not all get across the river till three o'clock in the 
morning ; and it was fully an hour later before they 
could take up the line of march. The force was 
divided, Gen. Washington taking the Pennington road, 
while Gen. Sullivan, with his brigade of New Hamp- 
shire troops, marched down a road nearer the river. 
The orders were to commence the attack as soon as 
either party reached the town. Col. Stark led the 
right wing, and, as Wilkinson writes, " dealt death 
wherever he found resistance, and broke down all 
opposition before him." When Stark's troops reached 
Trenton, about eight o'clock in the morning, a company 
under the command of Capt. Eben Frye of Pembroke, 
a veteran who served more than eight years in this regi- 



FIRST NEW HAMPSHIRE REGIMENT. ? 

ment, was among the first to alarm the astonished 
Hessians by driving in their outpost. 

As they took refuge in a house, Col. Stark directed 
Capt. Frye to dislodge them. One of his sergeants with 
a squad of men and a piece of timber broke in the 
door, and, using their bayonets freely, soon silenced the 
party. Col, Ealle attempted to form his astonished 
troops, but was soon mortally wounded, and his troops 
retreated towards Princeton, when Washington, dis- 
covering their intent, ordered a party by a cross road 
to cut them ofi". Capt. Frye's company was the fore- 
most in the movement, and so earnest were his soldiers 
in the pursuit, that they produced disorder in the ranks, 
some of them being far ahead, Capt. Frye being very 
corpulent was soon tired out and could not keep up, 
and as they were so desirous of pressing on he told 
them they might follow Sergt. Stevens, which they did. 
Stevens soon led them into a piece of woods, and lay 
in waiting for the Hessians to pass. Soon a company 
of them came up on the run, and, as they came opposite 
our party, they rushed out upon them uttering a terrific 
yell. The astonished Hessians threw down their arms 
and surrendered. Stevens and his men soon had their 
guns secured, and when the Hessians found they had 
surrendered to only sixteen men in tattered dress and 
some bare footed, they attempted to recover their arms ; 
but seeing other Americans coming up they desisted, 
and Stevens and his squad of sixteen marched his sixty 
prisoners into Trenton in triumph. As the retreat of 



8 HISTORY OF THE 

the main body was cut off, most of them surrendered, 
only about five or six hundred escaping. The number 
that surrendered as prisoners was twenty-three oflicers 
and eight hundred and eighty-six men ; the killed and 
wounded amounted to between thirty and forty; while 
the Americans lost but two killed and six wounded. 
Washington recrossed the Delaware with his prisoners 
that night. The efi'ect of this battle was most wonder- 
ful : it infused new life into the patriots and their cause. 

On the 28th of December, only two days later, Wash- 
ington again crossed the Delaware, and took possession 
of Trenton. 

The British held Princeton with a considerable force, 
and soon advanced towards Trenton, determined to 
try a battle in the open field, and some skirmishing 
was done, ending with a brisk cannonade, between the 
belligerent armies, which closed with daylight. Soon 
after this, Washington ordered his camp fires lighted, 
and leaving a small guard to carry out the deception, 
silently withdrew his baggage, followed by his whole 
force, and took a circuitous route to Princeton. Three 
regiments of British soldiers had been left at Princeton, 
and to attack these was the object of our general. He 
came near surprising them all, but a regiment happen- 
ing to be on the way to Trenton, they met, and a battle 
ensued. Gen. Mercer led the advance, mainly con- 
sisting of Pennsylvania militia, which soon gave way, 
and Gen. Mercer was killed in an attempt to rally them. 
Thev continued to retreat, and were soon in disorder. 



FIRST NEW HAMPSHIRE REGIMENT. 9 

At this moment, Gen. "Washington came up with 
the 'New England troops, who fought with such spirit, 
that the enemy soon gave way and retreated into 
Princeton, our troops closely following them. Here a 
sharp engagement took place, in which about one 
hundred of the British were killed, and over three 
hundred taken prisoners ; the rest escaped. 

In the morning the British army who had waited, 
watching Washington's decoy fires, were surprised to 
find an empty camp ; and the army they had expected 
to attack, were nowhere to be seen. Soon the sound 
of the cannon near Princeton was heard, and fearino; 
they should be attacked, they retired to Brunswick. 
In both of those battles, the New England troops did 
most of the fighting, and no regiment was more con- 
spicuous than that commanded by Col. Stark, which 
contained many of the men that composed the regiment, 
whose future movements it is our duty to detail. The 
following is the roll of oflicers in 1775 and 1776 : 



ROLL OF THE OFFICERS OF THE FIRST NEW HAMPSHIRE 
REGIMENT. 

Jolin Stark, Colonel. 
Isaac Wyman, Lieutenant Colonel. 
Jolin Moore, Major. 
Andrew McClary, Major. 
Abiel Chandler, Adjutant. 
John Caldwell, Quarter Master. 
Henry Parkinson, Quarter Master. 
David Osgood, Chaplain. 
2 



10 HISTORY OF THE 

Samuel McCliutock, Chaplain. 
Obadiali Williams, Surgeon. 
Calvin Frink, Surgeon's Mate. 
Josiali Cliase, Surgeon's Mate. 

Companies. 

1 Isaac Baldwin, Captain. 
John Hale, First Lieutenant. 
Stephen Hoyt, Second Lieutenant. 

2 Elisha Woodbury, Captain. 
Thomas Hardy, First Lieutenant. 
Jonathan Corliss, Second Lieutenant. 

3 Samuel Richards, Captain. 
Moses Little, First Lieutenant. 
Jesse Carr, Second Lieutenant. 

4 John Moore, Captain. 

Thomas McLaughlin, First Lieutenant. 
Nathan Boyd, Second Lieutenant. 

5 Joshua Abbott, Captain. 

Samuel Atkinson, First Lieutenant. 
Abiel Chandler, Second Lieutenant. 

6 Gordon Hutchins, Captain. 
Joseph Soper, First Lieutenant. 
Daniel Livermore, Second Lieutenant. 

7 Aaron Kinsman, Captain. 
Ebenezer Eastman, First Lieutenant. 
Samuel Dearborn, Second Lieutenant. 

8 Henry Dearborn, Captain. 
Amos Morrill, First Lieutenant. 
Michael McClary, Second Lieutenant. 

9 Daniel Moore, Captain. 
Ebenezer Frye, First Lieutenant. 
John Moore, Second Lieutenant. 

10 George Reid, Captain. 

Abraham Reed, First Lieutenant. 
James Anderson, Second Lieutenant. 



FIRST XEW HAMPSHIRE REGIMENT. H 

The above list corresponds with that printed in 
Frothingham's Siege of Boston^ as present at the battle 
of Bunker hill, and they did not probably vary much 
for the following year. 

THE FIRST XEW HAMPSHIRE REGIMENT AND ITS 
REORGANIZATION. 

We have thus far followed the fortunes and briefly 
given the record of the First XewHampshire regiment, 
from its organization at Cambridge, in April, 1775, 
till its practical dissolution with the close of 1776, 
and we now commence, under a new arrangement, a 
continuation of its history. As to whether it was a 
continuation of the same, or a new organization com- 
posed largely from the materials of the old, may be a 
question. Caleb Stark — who was made adjutant under 
the new arrangement, January 1, 1777, had been an 
officer in the former — in writing many years after the 
war, speaking of Col. Cilley's regiment says : "In this 
regiment I served in 1775, "6 and "7, devoting all my 
abilities to form them for action " ' — thus showing that 
it was continuous and the same organization ; and here 
we will leave the question for the decision of tuture 
historians.^ 

In the fall of 1776, the inconvenience of maintaining 
an army by annual enlistments and temporary levies, 



' Judge Potter, who is better acquainted with the military history of 
New Hampshire than any other person, informs me that he considers 
the first resriment of Col. Stark as the same as that of Col. Cilley. 



12 IIISTOIIY OF THE 

was severely felt ; it had, in fact, nearly brought ruin on 
the cause ; and congress, though slow to act, finally 
adopted the plan recommended so strongly by Gen. 
"Washington, and passed an act for raising a force by 
enlisting the men for three years, or during the -war. 
The men were taken for either terms, as they should 
elect ; the officers were to be appointed by congress to 
serve during the war. New Hampshire was called on 
for three regiments, and the commanders selected were 
John Stark, Enoch Poor and Alexander Scammell. 
This must have been arranged early in November, 
1776, for the commissions of those in Stark's regi- 
ment bear date November 8th, while many of these 
officers were serving under him on the Delaware. 

In the ledger containing the account of all belonging 
to this regiment in 1777, kept by the paymaster, the 
words " engaged November 8, 1776," are placed against 
the names of all the officers and many of the enlisted 
men ; but their pay did not commence till the first of 
January, 1777. As but few of the papers which show 
how men were raised, and I'egiments organized, are 
now extant, we propose to insert the documents used 
for this purpose, which have been preserved by the 
care of Paymaster Blake, as also the commission of 
that officer. 

Mr. Blake took for his recruiting ground that part 
of Grafton county bordering on Connecticut river. 
By his commission it will be seen that it was intended 
his recruits should form a part of Capt. John House's 



FIEST NEW HAMPSHIRE KEGTMEXT. 13 

compau}', but from some cause House uever joiued the 
regiment. He was of Hauover, aud bad been an officer 
in 1776. He may have found it impossible to raise 
the necessary nlimber of men to make up his company, 
and so some other officer was substituted. He was 
afterwards a colonel in the militia, aud commanded a 
party of militia from his own and the adjacent towns 
at the attack by the British aud Indians on Eoyalton. 

'' To Thomas Blake, Ensign : 

You are hereby empowered immediately to enlist a 
Company to consist of eighty-six able-bodied eifective 
Men, including noncommissioned Officers & Privates 
as Soldiers in the Service of it for the Defense of the 
United States, upon the Establishment fixed b}^ the 
Honorable Congress, with such additional encourage- 
ment given by the State of New Hampshire, to continue 
in that Service till the End of the present "War, unless 
sooner discharged by Congress, & that you cause said 
Men when so enlisted to pass muster as soon as may 
be. The noncommissioned Officers to be appointed by 
the Captain & Subalterns of each Company, & to make 
due Returns. 

Nov. 11, 1776. JoN^ Blanchaki), 

Steph^ Evans, 

D. GiLMAN, 

Benjn Giles, 
" Committee from the State of New Hampshire." 



14 HISTORY OF THE 

FORM OF ENLISTMENT.' 

"We the Subscribers do hereby severally enlist our- 
selves in the Service of the United States of America, 
in the Company under the Command of Captain John 
House, to continue in that Service three Years from the 
Date of our Entrance, unless sooner discharged, and 
each of us do engage to furnish to and carry with us 
into the Army a good effective Fire-arm, v^^ith a Bayo- 
net fixed thereto, a Cartouch Box, Knapsack and 
Blanket, and do hereby promise Obedience to the 
Ofiicers set over us, and to be subject in every Respect 
to all Rules and Regulations, that are or may be 
appointed for the Army of the aforesaid States. 

^^ Daniel Putnam of Cornish, 
Curtis Cady of Cornish,^' 
And sixteen others. 

It was usual to fix on a certain number of recruits 
to be raised before a commission could be obtained, 
and, perhaps it was necessary, that Mr. Blake should 
furnish the above number to entitle him to have a 
commission as ensign ; but it will be seen that the 
commission antedated by three days the beating orders, 
so we may suppose the commission was conditional 
only. A copy of Mr. Blake's commission in 1776, 
printed on paper, is inserted : his subsequent ones in 
1778, are on parchment, and signed by John Jay. 



' This and the following document were a printed form, and the 
words in italics were filled in with a pen. 



FIRST NEW HAMPSHIRE REGIMENT. 15 

In Congress. 
" The Delegates of the United Colonies of iTew Hamp- 
shire, Massachusetts Bay, Rhode Island, Connecticut, 
New York, 'New Jersey, Pennsylvania, the Counties 
of New Castle and Sussex on Delaware, Maryland, 
Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia 
to Thomas Blake, Gentlemayi, Greeting : 

We reposing especial Trust and Confidence in your 
Patriotism, Valor, Conduct and Fidelity, Do by these 
Presents constitute and appoint you to be Ensign of 
John House's Company, in the First Battalion of Neio 
Hampshire Troops, commanded by Co¥ John Stark, Esq^ 
in the Army of the United Colonies, raised for the 
Defense of American Liberty and for repelling every 
hostile Invasion thereof. You are therefore carefully 
and dilligently to discharge the Duty of Ensign by 
doing and performing all Manner of Things thereunto 
belonging. And we do strictly charge & require all 
Officers & Soldiers under your Command to be obe- 
dient to your Orders as Ensign. And you are to 
observe & follow such Orders and Directions from 
Time to Time as you shall receive from this or a future 
Congress of these United Colonies or Committee of 
Congress for that Purpose appointed or the Com- 
mander in chief for the Time being of the Army of 
the United Colonies, or any other your superior Offi- 
cer, according to the Rules & Discipline of War in 
pursuance of the Trust reposed in you. This Com- 



Ig HISTORY OF THE 

mission to continue in Force until revoked by this or a 
future Congress — Dafet^ the eighth Day of November 
Anno Domini 1776. 

" By Order of Congress 

^^JoHN Hancock. 
" President. 
"Attest Chas. Thompson Secy.'" 

" The General Assembly of the State of New Hamp- 
shire having appointed the Subscribers a Committee 
to repair to Ticonderoga to officer & raise two Batta- 
lions for the Continental Service & by their Resolve have 
empowered said Committee to promise & engage the 
same Encouragement to the noncommissioned Officers 
& Soldiers in addition to the Encouragement given by 
the Continental Congress as the State of Massachusetts 
Bay do give, which is as follows : That each noncom- 
missioned Officer & Soldier who shall enlist into the 
Continental Service as aforesaid shall be entitled to 
receive from this State one Blanket annually or eigh- 
teen Shillings in Case he shall procure one for himself 
& procure a Certificate from the Captain of the Company 
which he belongs, to the Paymaster of the Regiment, 
provided Congress shall not make Provision for the 
same. That each noncommissioned Officer & private 
Soldier who shall enlist into the Continental Service as 
aforesaid shall be entitled to receive from the Treasury 
of this State twenty Shillings per Month to be paid him 
or his Order every six Months during his Continuance 



FIRST NEW HAMPSHIRE REGIMENT. I7 

in the service in addition to the Pay and encourage- 
ment already granted by Congress, provided Congress 
shall not make any addition to their Wages as esta- 
blished on or before the 19th of September last, and in 
case the Congress shall not make an increase of Wages 
less than twenty Shillings per month this State will 
supply the Deficiency and cause the same to be paid as 
aforesaid. 

" Benjamin Giles, 
JoN^ Blanchard, 
Steph^ Evans, 

D. GiLMAN, 

" Committee from l!^. H." 

The following are extracts from the resolves of tlie 
Continental congress, viz : " That twenty dollars be 
given as a Bounty to each noncommissioned officer & pri- 
vate soldier who shall enlist to serve during the present 
war unless sooneY discharged by Congress, that Con- 
gress make provision for granting land to the Officers 
and Soldiers who shall engage in said service and con- 
tinue therein to the close of the war or until discharged 
by Congress & the Representatives of such as shall be 
slain by the Enemy, viz: to each noncommissioned offi- 
cer & soldier 100 acres. That a suit of clothes be 
annually given to each noncommissioned officer and pri- 
vate soldier to consist for the present year of two linen 
hunting shirts two pr. of overhalls a leathern or woolen 
waistcoat with sleeves, one pr. of breeches a hat or 



18 HISTORY OF THE 

leathern cap, two sliirts, two pr. of stockings, and two 
pr. of shoes, amounting in the whole to twenty dollars 
or that sum to be paid every soldier who shall procure 
these articles for himself." There is no date to this 
paper, but it is supposed that it may be referred to not 
far from January, 1777. And that the commissioners 
here named expected to procure soldiers to enlist for 
the war at Ticonderoga from the regiments whose 
term of service was expiring there ; and that a copy 
of the above was furnished to any one receiving enlist- 
ing orders. 

In the committee of safety for N. H., Feb. 25, 
1777. The following orders were sent to the Cols. Stark 
Poor & Scammill, viz : 

" Sir : Tliis moment the Committee received by ex- 
press two Letters from General Washington dated the 
7th & 8th of this instant Feb'y wherein he orders all 
the Troops raised in New Hampshire to march forth- 
with to Ticonderoga, and directs if the Regiments 
are not full that they be sent forward by Companies 
with part of the officers leaving the others to recruit 
at home and follow after — which command the Com- 
mittee desire you to carry into execution (as far as 
relates to your regiment) as fast as possible." 

Under this order the enlisting which had been going 
on all winter was hastened, and every town in the state 
was visited by some officer, and the selectmen and 
committee urged to contribute their quota to fill up the 



FIRST NEW HAMPSHIRE REGIMENT. 19 

companies which would insure the commissions that had 
been most likely conditionally issued, and so enable the 
regiment to take the field with full ranks. It is not 
likely that any actually left the state till the first of 
March when the roads would be in a better condition 
for marching and transportation of supplies than a 
month later. By the following extracts from the 
records of the committee of safety for the state we 
know when supplies for these troops were forwarded : 

" Exeter, March 4, 1777. Loaded five teams this day 
for Ticonderoga which makes twenty-four loaded since 
Friday last." 

The men most likely were led on by some officer as 
fast as they could be collected in companies, or squads, 
as portions of them would be required to protect 
the teams after they had passed N^umber Four, 
the last stopping place before entering the almost 
wilderness then existing on the Crown point road to 
the lake. 

The regiment had been recruited and most likely 
the officers appointed with the expectation that they 
were to be commanded by Col. Stark; but he was 
extremely jealous, and as congress had decided to 
appoint a brigadier from New Hampshire, he thought 
he was best entitled to it. It was true he had, for near 
two years, commanded a regiment, had fought with 
bravery and success, and his claim may have been a 
proper and valid one, but congress thought proper to 
give the office to Col. Poor. 



20 HISTORY OF THE 

Col. Stark took umbrage at this, and repairing to 
Exeter, communicated the following to the legislature 
or convention then in session : 

" To the Honb'l the Council and House of Representa- 
tives for the State of Kew Hampshire in General 
Court assembled. 

" Ever since hostilities commenced I have as in me 
lay endeavoured to prevent my Country from being 
ravaged and enslaved by our cruel and unnatural 
Enemy, have undergone the hardships and fatigues 
of two campaigns with cheerfulness and alacrity, 
ever enjoying the pleasing satisfaction that I was doing 
my God and my Country the greatest service my 
abilities would admit of, and it was with the utmost 
gratitude that I accepted the important command, to 
which this State appointed me. I should have served 
with the greatest pleasure more especially at this 
important crisis, when our Country calls for the utmost 
exertions of every American, but am extremely grieved 
that I feel bound in honor to leave the service. Con- 
gress having thought fit to promote junior officers over 
my head, so that I should show myself unworthy the 
honor conferred on me, and a want of that spirit 
which should glow in the breast of every officer 
appointed by this Honorable House in not suitably 
resenting an indignity, I must (though grieved to leave 
the service of my Country) beg leave to resign my 
commission hoping that you will make a choice of 



FIRST NEW HAMPSHIRE REGIMENT. 21 

some gentleman who may honor the cause and his 
country to succeed. 

" Your most obedient 
"And much obliged humble serv't 

"John Stark." 

The council and house acted upon this March 21, 
1777, and passed a vote of thanks, couched in very 
complimentary language. I cannot obtain the exact 
date of the resignation, but Lieut. Col. Cilley was 
promoted to be colonel of the First regiment on the 
23d day of February, 1777 ; and Major Gilman suc- 
ceeded him in his former place at that date. 

The whole regiment did not reach Ticonderoga till late 
in May, and were located in tents within the old French 
lines, where they were in expectation of soon seeing 
the advancing enemy. From this time, a reference to 
the journal will give the best account of the doings of 
the regiment, and we shall only give some minute 
details of battles and particular events that may add to 
the general facts there stated. From the time of taking 
the field, the regiment, with those of Cols. Scammell and 
Dearborn, were formed into a brigade under the com- 
mand of Brig. Gen. Poor. On the 17th of October, 
the two belligerent armies were encamped at Saratoga 
on the banks of the Hudson river. At this time Bur- 
goyne found himself surrounded, and determined to 
risk all in a general battle, and on this morning drew 
his army up in a line for combat. The Americans 



22 HISTORY OF THE 

were prompt to enter the contest, and Col. Morgan was 
ordered to advance into a wooded height, on the 
enemy's right, while Gen. Poor with his New Hamp- 
shire troops, and some others, were ordered to attack 
the enemy's left, while Morgan's rushed down upon 
the enemy's right. Poor led his command to the con- 
flict in the most dauntless manner. The New Hamp- 
shire line gave their fire ; and, with a shout, clearing 
all interfering obstacles, they charged the British line, 
with such impetuosity, that it broke and retired from 
the field, leaving their cannon. The gallant Col. Cilley 
ordered a detachment of his men to seize and hold one 
of the pieces, a twelve-pounder. His men obeyed with 
alacrity, and were preparing under his instructions to 
turn it upon the enemy. At this moment, the British 
troops rallied, and forming under the gallant Earl of 
Balcarras, rushed to the encounter, it being an object 
of pride to regain their cannon. In this they were 
partially successful, as at the first onset they forced the 
Americans to give ground. The twelve-pounder was 
regained, the gallant soldiers who held it having been 
killed, wounded or driven back by overwhelming num- 
bers; but their triumph was of short duration ; the New 
Hampshire troops rallied and retook the cannon, driv- 
ing every resistance before them. Col. Cilley then 
took charge of the cannon, and, in the excitement of the 
moment, leaped upon the piece and gave it " a christ- 
ening." He then with his own hands assisted in load- 
ing it and turned it upon the retreating enemy. He 



FIRST NEW HAMPSHIRE REGIMENT. 23 

did not again leave tlie piece, for Gen. Wilkinson 
writes : " Upon visiting the scene of conflict I found the 
courageous Col. Cilley a straddle on a brass twelve- 
pounder and exulting in its capture." And here we 
will mention an exploit of one of the soldiers of the 
First regiment, irecorded in Potter's History of Man- 
chester — Thomas Haines, who enlisted fi*om Loudon, 
but who on his return from the war settled in Concord, 
where he lived a long life, but finally removed to Lou- 
don, where he died in 1847, aged near ninety years. 
The record on the paymaster's ledger says : " Wounded 
at Bemis Heights, and rendered unfit for service, Sept. 
19th, 1777." 

" He was severely wounded in the encounter for this 
piece of cannon. He was well known to Col. Cilley 
and was selected by him among others to man and 
keep the piece. At the time the British rallied and re- 
took it he was seated astride the muzzle. In this posi- 
tion Haines fought with desperation, killing two sol- 
diers with his gun; one he thrust through the.thigh with 
his bayonet, killing him as quick as if he had pierced 
his heart. He had attempted to run him through the 
body, but the British soldier struck the gun down and 
the bayonet struck him in what is called the pope's 
eye, and he fell dead. A second soldier came to the 
assistance of his comrade before Haines had fully re- 
covered his piece, and made a thrust at him with his 
bayonet, but Haines struck the gun out of his hands 
with his own, and as the soldier stooped to pick it up, 



24 HISTORY OF THE 

Haiues thrust his bayonet through his head. While in 
the act of withdrawing the bayonet from the discom- 
fited soldier, Haines was struck in the side of his face 
with a large musket ball and fell from the cannon to 
the ground. The ball struck on the right check bone, 
passed through his mouth, carrying away eleven teeth, 
about a third of his tongue and came out near the left ear. 
From such a frightful wound he at once became insen- 
sible, and lay as one dead on the field for two nights. 
When the detachment w^ent round to collect and bury 
the dead, Haiues was carried and deposited with the 
dead to be buried with Ifis comrades. Lieut. Robert 
B. Wilkins was present, who knew Haines well, and 
seeing that his body was not stiff insisted that he was 
still alive. His breast was bare and he was found to 
have symptoms of life, and he was carried to the hospital 
and soon recovered so as to be sent to Albany. Here 
between life and death he lingered for months; at length 
he recovered so as to rejoin his regiment, and served 
out his full term of three' years, when he returned 
home." 

But our hero could not remain quiet while his ser- 
vices were required in the field, and the record is, " en- 
listed April 26, 1781, and served to the end of the war." 

Let us return to the result of this action, and we find 
both armies engaged in a furious battle, but the 
■enemy gradually gave way, and when night closed the 
scene, the Americans had possession of the field, having^ 
gained a decisive victory — the enemy having lost in 



FIRST XEW HAMPSHIRE REGEVfEXT. 25 

killed, wounded and prisoners over four hundred, and 
among wMcli "w ere some officers of distinction. The 
journal gives a minute detail of the killed and wounded 
on the part of the Americans, and to that interesting 
account of the doings of the regiment for the next 
four years we will leave the reader, only making occa- 
sional notes to explain some few incidents not par- 
ticularly mentioned. 



LIEUTENANT THOMAS BLAKE'S JOURNAL. 

Lebanon, New Hampshire, 
May 13, 1777. 

I began my march to join Col. Cilley's regiment in 
the Continental army May 14. 

I came to Charlestown Xo 4 ^ where were about one 
hundred and fifty soldiers belonging to the !N'ew Hamp- 
shire line going to Ticonderoga. 

3Iaij 15... ^e marched from Charlestown for Ti- 
conderoga, and after a very fatigueing march (by rea- 
son of the great quantity of rain and the roads being 
very bad) we arrived at Mount Independence on 21st 
where we went into barracks. 



* Charlestown No. 4, so named from its being the fourth township 
as laid out on the east side of Connecticut river, counting from the south- 
western comer of the state, was a rendezvous for the assembling of 
troops from the westerly part of the state in the French and revolution- 
ary wars. The road from there to Lake Champlain which was made for 
militar." purposes in the French war, was at that period almost all 
the way through forests, and for much of the distance over abrupt 
mountains, and was no doubt very bad. 
4 



26 HISTORY OF THE 

May 23... The regiment moved over the lake to the 
old French lines, where we pitched our tents, and Gen. 
Poor took the command of Ticonderoga and its depend- 
encies. 

Ju7ie 11... Maj. Gen. St. Clair, and B"" Gen. Fermoy 
are at Ticonderoga, and Gen. St. Clair took command. 

June 17... We were alarmed by a party of Indians 
consisting of about fifty that came up, and lay undisco- 
vered on the road that leads from Ticonderoga to Lake 
George landing, where they fired upon some men that 
were passing and killed two, scalping them and took 
one prisoner. On their return they met a party of our 
men that had been to Crown point, the Indians fired 
upon the party but did no damage. The party re- 
turned the fire, killed one of the Indians, the rest made 
their escape. 

June 18... Gen. Schuyler who was commanding offi- 
cer of the northern army, came to Ticonderoga and 
tarried until the 22d, and then returned to Albany. 

June 26... A party of Indians waylaid the road be 
tween the mills and lake George, landed, and fired upon 
two soldiers that were coming from the block house to 
the landing, killed one, wounded the other and scalped 
both. 

June 28... About 10 o'clock in the evening the garri- 
son were alarmed, the enemy came with some of their 
gunboats up the lake as far as the Three Mile point, 
and fired upon our gunboats, but did no damage, and 
before day they moved back to the Five Mile point. 



FIRST NEW HAMPSHIRE REGIMENT. 27 

June 30 . . . The enem}^ came with their shipping up to 
the Three Mile point, and landed troops on both sides of 
the lake, and drew their shipping in a line across the. 
lake; which was 3 ships of 24 guns each, 2 sloops, 
about 40 gun boats, and about 100 batteaux: at the 
same time they were landing and pitching their 
tents ; a party (chiefly Indians) came to our lines, fired 
upon the piquets (that were posted about 100 yards 
from the works) a few times and then returned. 

July 2... About 3 o'clock in the afternoon, a party of 
the enemy made their appearance on the piece of 
rising ground (about a mile from the French lines) 
called Mount Hope, they sent a party to harrass us 
while they began a battery at that place, it being with- 
in good cannon shot. The party first attacked the 
piquet, who immediately retreated within the lines. 
They followed them within good musquet shot which 
they received from the lines, obliging them to retreat. 
We had 5 men killed and 4 wounded. During the action 
one prisoner was taken by us, and the same day 2 
German soldiers deserted and came into the garrison. 

July 3... The garrison was reinforced by about 600 
militia from New Hampshire.^ 

July 4... About 200 of the militia came in. 

July 5... The enemy got some pieces of cannon up 
upon the high hill southward of the French lines (called 



^ These, it is supposed, were a part of the three New Hampshire 
regiments, as many of them did not leave home till June. 



28 HISTORY OF THE 

Mount Defiance) having a battery about finisliecl on 
Mount Hope, and another on the east side of the lake, 
opposite the Jersey redoubt/ 

July 6... About one o'clock in the morning we were 
ordered out to strike our tents and parade as soon as 
possible with packs and provisions. As soon as we 
were paraded we marched over Mount Independence 
where we found all in a moving posture, the boats and 
batteaux chiefly loaded, the provisions not all taken 
in, the clothing chests all broke open, the clothing 
thrown about and carried off by all that were disposed 
to take it, and everything in great confusion. About 
sunrise the last of the boats and the rear guard left the 
mount, by which time the enemy were in the French 
lines. The body of the army marched as far as Castle- 
ton which is about 30 miles, and the rear guard with 
the men that could not keep up with the body, tarried 
at Hubbartown six miles back.- 

July 1 ... Early in the morning our rear guard was 
attacked by about 600 of the enemy ; the engagement 
held some time with considerable loss on both sides ; 
but at length our party not being reinforced re- 



* 'The. abandonment of Ticonderotra was sudden and unexpected. It 
was caused by tlie occupation by the British of an high ehn-ation caHed 
Edtrar hill, which the Amevicans had deemed impossible to raise cannon ; 
but the enemy soon made a winding road to its summit, and raised a 
battery which commanded all works occupied by our army. The retreat 
was hastily made, and nmch confusion ensued, with an enormous loss 
of ])rovisions and clothing. 

^ This, I take it, refers to the battle at Ilubbardton. 



FIRST NEW HAMPSHIRE REGIMENT. 29 

treated;^ and just as we were ready to march the 
general had information that the enemy had pursued 
our boats up to Seheensbury, and had taken all that 
were sent that way ; that the men with the boats were 
on their way to Fort Ann. The stores and provisions 
that we lost at Ticonderoga, Mount Independence and 
Sheensbury were 127 cannon mounted on the batteries, 
500 bbls. of powder, and balls answerable, 500 bbls. 
flour, 1500 bbls. of salt pork, 700 bbls. of salt beef, tents 
for 4000 men, 5 vessels of from 12 to 16 guns each, 
all the medicine and chief of the baggage of the army. 

July 8 . . . We marched early in the morning, and after 
a very fatigueing march of five days we came to the 
l!^orth river. In this march we were almost without 
provisions, entirely without shelter, and the weather 
chief of the time rainy. 

July 13... We marched up the river to Fort Miller, 
and being informed that the enemy had not left Sheens- 
bury,^ we tarried there two days to rest. 

July 15... We marched up the river 4 miles and en- 
camped on a small hill near the'river at Fort Edward. 

July 20 . . . Our Indians brought in 2^British prisoners, 
that they took near Seheensbury. 

July 21 ... Seven tories were brought in belonging to 
the Grants, that had taken up arms against the United 
States. 



^ For a new version of this disastrous retreat, see Memoirs Gen. JRied- 
esel, Albany, 1868, 2 vols., 8vo. 
* Now known as WMtehall, being at the head of Lake Champlain. 



30 HISTORY OF THE 

July 22... Gen. Arnold came to join the army. 

July 24... All the troops left Fort Edward except 
about 600 who tarried as an advanced guard for the 
army. This day the Indians killed a captain and a 
lieutenant, as they were walking in the road between 
Fort Edward and the army. 

July 26... The enemy made an attack upon the out- 
guards at Fort Edward, who retreated into the fort, and 
the enemy pursued until they received a shot from the 
fort, and then retreated. The number of the enemy were 
supposed to be about 2000. After this alarm was over, 
our party moved down the river to the army, except 
100, who still tarried as advance guard. 

July 27... In the evening the enemy sent a party in 
between the army and the fort, but the guard at the fort 
discovering them, forded the river and came off safe on 
the other side. 

'July 2^... All the army collected together opposite 
the island in the river 3 miles above Fort Miller. This 
day the Indians killed and scalped a woman and her 
child in a house near Fort Edward.^ 

July 29 . . . The Indians shot one of our centinels as he 
was walking on his post near the encampment ; they 
likewise came into the road at Fort Miller, and killed 
and scalped a man and a boy belonging to that place. 



' This was a time of distress and terror. The most terrible accounts 
of this retreat and tlie atrocities of the Indians spread throug^h 
Northern New York and New England. See Stone's Life of Brant, 
I, 300, et acq. 



FIRST NEW HAMPSHIRE REGIMENT. 31 

July 31... The army now all lived in huts made of 
boards that we had collected; as we had no tents since 
we left Ticonderoga. 

We were ordered to take down our huts and raft the 
boards in the river ; in the mean while the waggons 
were moving the stores down to Fort Miller. After 
the boards and stores were gone the army marched, 
but the enemy watching our motion, and seeing us on 
the retreat, fell on our rear with their Indians, killing 
and wounding a number. We marched as far as Fort 
Edward. 

Aug. 1... The army waited until the boards and 
stores were moved by the falls, and the boards rafted 
again, then moved down the river to Mr. JSTeals and 
crossed. 

Aug. 2... We were all day getting the boards and 
scows by Saratoga falls, and rafting again. 

Aug. 3... We marched down to Saratoga, leaving 
only a guard at the ferry of about 60 men commanded 
by a major. 

Aug. 4... Early in the morning as soon as the fog 
began to blow off, the guard were surprised by the enemy. 
The first discovery they made, the enemy were coming 
upon them from every quarter. The guard retreated 
as fast as possible, toward Saratoga (which is one mile) 
the enemy pursuing, and took two lieutenants and 
about 6 or 8 men. 

The same morning the Indians came upon one of 
our piquet guard west of Saratoga, commanded by a 



32 HISTORY OF THE 

lieutenant, fired upon the guard, killing 10 or 12 of 
them and wounding the lieutenant. The same day the 
boards, were all rafted in large rafts, the stores put 
upon them, and moved down the river to Stillwater, 
and in the afternoon the army marched down and 
encamped. 

Aug. 7... The Indians came to the river opposite the 
encampment, and killed 3 men, took a waggon belong- 
ing to the inhabitants of that place. The same day 
4 British soldiers deserted and came to our camp. 

Aug. 8 & 9... The array lay still, only sending out 
scouting parties to collect the cattle and move the in- 
habitants down below the army. 

Aug. 10... All the sick, and the hospital stores were 
moved d^own to IsTew city. 

Aug. 11... Began to move the other stores of the 
army. 

Aug. 12... Gen. Leonard's brigade marched for Fort 
Stannocks.^ 

Aug. 15... The whole army marched down the river 
6 miles and encamped. 

Aug. 18... The army moved down to Van Schoyck's 
island, but Gen. Poor's brigade was posted at Lowdon's 
ferry, up the Mohawk 3 miles. 

Aug. 22... Two regiments of New York troops 
came and joined Gen. Poor's brigade. 

Aug. 23... The two regiments of York troops 



' Perhaps now known as Lansiugburgh. 
* Stanvvix '? 



FIEST NEW HAMPSHIEE REGIMENT. 33 

marched for Fort Staunocks, but after 3 or 4 days marcTi 
tliey had information that the enemy had made an 
attack upon that fort and were defeated, and had 
returned, for which reason they marched back and 
joined the brigade.^ 

Aug. 29... A regiment of riflemen commanded by 
CoL Morgan, came and joined the army. 

Sept. 8... The army now having got somewhat re- 
cruited and reinforced we began our march up the 
river again (to meet the enemy) under the command of 
Gen. Gates, and marched 8 miles. 

Sept. 9... We marched as far as Stillwater and en- 
camped. 

Sept. 10... We began to fortify on the heights back of 
Stillwater, and built a floating bridge across the river. 
The same day the riflemen took and brought into camp 
three families that were moving to the enemy with all 
their efiects. 

Sept. 11... About 7 or 800 of militia came in from 
Benington. 

Sept. 12 . . . The army marched up the river about three 
miles, and encamped on the high ground about half a 
mile from the river known by the name of Beman's 
heights ; here we fortified, the enemy then lay at Sara- 
toga. 

Sept. 13... Gen. Arnold marched out with his division 



' For a minute account of the oijerations on the Mohawk, see Life of 
Brant, vol. i. 

5 



34 HISTORY OF THE 

and took a view of the enemy's encampment, took 8 pri- 
soners and returned without loss. About 11 o'clock our 
riflemen fell in with the enemy about 2 miles from bur 
encampment, they being on their march down the 
river, but after a short engagement were obliged to 
retreat. 

Sept. 19... About 12 o'clock the first N. Hampshire 
Reg* marched out to meet the enemy. We met them 
about one mile from our encampment, where the en- 
gagement began very closely, and continued about 20 
minutes, in which time we lost so many men, and 
received no reinforcement, that we were obliged to 
retreat, but before we got to the encampment we met 
two regiments coming out as a reinforcement, when 
we returned and renewed the attack which continued 
very warm until dark, at which time we withdrew and 
retired to our encampment. 

In this engagement the enemy had two field pieces in 
the field, which we took three or four times, but as it 
was in the woods, they were not removed. 

The number of our men lost to the army in this en- 
gagement, is according to the following return : 



FIRST NEW HAMPSHIRE REGIMENT. 



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36 . HISTORY OF THE 

The loss of the enemy is not known, but supposed 
to be somewhat larger. 

Sept. 24... About 2000 of the militia came in 
and joined our army. After the action of 19th 
there were some of the enemy deserted and came into 
our encampment almost every day. The enemy threw 
up works at about a mile distant from ours, and nearly 
in the same direction. 

Oct. 7... A detachment of the enemy marched out 
upon the left of our army, consisting of the grenadiers 
and light infantry, with 6 field pieces, and posted them- 
selves on a small height in a cleared field about a quar- 
ter of a mile from our advanced guard, where they 
began a cannonade upon the riflemen, and the three 
Hampshire regiments were ordered out to attack them , 
which we did, and after a very warm dispute of about 
half an hour, the enemy were obliged to quit the field 
and retreat to their works, which they did in great 
confusion (their horses being chiefly killed) and were 
obliged to leave their field pieces which fell into our 
hands, together with about 50 prisoners, and our army 
followed hard after them, and coming on the lines 
where the German troops were stationed, forced them 
and took a number of prisoners, two field pieces and 
several waggons loaded with ammunition and baggage 
and by the time we had secured what we had taken 
at the line it was almost dark, and the troops that had 
been in action were relieved by fresh troops from our 
encampment, who tarried at the lines we had taken 



FIRST NEW HAMPSHIRE REGIMENT. 37 

all night, the British laying about a hundred rods 
distant. 

Oct. 8 . . . The enemy moved their baggage and artillery 
back from their front lines, and in the night marched 
their whole army for Saratoga, leaving their sick and 
wounded in some large hospital tents, with several sur- 
geons to attend them. They burnt most of the build- 
ings as they went, and cut away the bridges; and 
whenever their waggons or tents or baggage broke 
down, they knocked the horses on the head and burnt 
the baggage. 

Oct. 9... Our whole army marched in pursuit of the 
enemy, and came up with them at Saratoga ; where 
we formed a line almost around them on the west side 
of the river, and a party of militia on the opposite or 
east side ; by which means they could not move with- 
out our notice. 

Oct. 15... There was a cessation of arms agreed upon 
between the armies, and proposals for a capitulation, 
which was agreed upon next day. 

Oct. 17... The enemy marched out and piled their 
arms in front of our army, and marched for Cambridge.^ 

Oct. 18... Our army marched down to Albany. 

Oct. 19... Encamped on the high land back of the city. 

Oct. 23... Gen. Poor's brigade was ordered to march, 
crossed the river and encamped about 6 miles below 
for the night sending our tents down by water. 



^ For complete accounts of the battle at Stillwater on Sept. 19tli, 
see Life of Gen. Stark, also Lossing. This return of the killed and 
wounded is most likely as authentic as it could be made. 



38 HISTORY OF THE 

Oct. 24... We marclied to Canterhook, and 

Oct. 25... We marched to Claverick. 

Oct. 26... Marclied to Livingston Mannor the 

Oct. 27 & 28... Lay still, being too wet to march. 

Oct. 29... We marched about 4 miles, but the rain 
coming on again obliged us to halt. 

Oct. 30 . . . Marched to Riuebeck. 

Oct. 31... Marched to Poughkeepsie. 

Nov. 1... We took our tents from the boats and dried 
them. 

Nov. 2... We marched to Fishkill and camped. 
Here we tarried several days, in which time there 
was a mutiny happened in the brigade, by which one 
captain and one private lost their lives. 

Nov. 12... We marched 10 miles and encamped. 

Nov. 13... Marched to King's ferry and crossed. 

Nov. 14... We lay still about a mile from the river. 

Nov. 15... Marched to New Antrim 18 miles. 

Nov. 16... Marched to Pampton. 

Nov. 11 ... Marched to Morristown. 

Nov. 18... Marched to Lormingten. 

Nov. 19... Marched to Amwell. 

Nov. 20... We marched to the Delaware, and crossed 
at Correll's ferry. 

Nov. 21... We marched to Warwick. 

Nov. 21... Marched to White Marsh, which is about 
13 miles from Philadelphia. There we joined the 
main army under command of Gen. Washington. 

Dec. 5... Early this morning we had information 



FIRST NEW HAMPSHIRE REGIMENT. 39 

that the greatest part of the British army were leaving 
Philadelphia to meet us, upon which our tents were 
all struck, and loaded into the waggons, together with 
our baggage, and moved off, and the army paraded. 
In the afternoon they appeared on an eminence called 
Locust Hill, in front of us, but at the distance of 3 
miles, where they tarried all night. 

Dec. 6... The enemy marched toward our left, and 
our army were under arms all day. 

Dec. 7... Col. Morgan with the rifle regiment fell in 
with the enemy, exchanged a few shot and retreated. 

Dec. 8... We lay still; and about 2 on morning of 

Dec. 9... The rifle regiment and 3 brigades marched 
out in order to attack the enemy on their own ground 
at day break; but they moved off for Philadelphia 
before that time. 

Dec. 11... About an hour before day we had orders 
to prepare for "a march from our guard about day break 
to meet a party of the enemy who were foraging on the 
other side of the Schuylkill. We marched about 10 
miles, and came to the bridge, two brigades crossed, 
the rest were following, but the enemy met them and 
taking possession of the heights in front, and on each 
side of the road leading from the bridge, that our men 
were obliged to retreat over the river again and there 
halted, so that neither army could cross. We lay there 
till almost night ; when part of our army marched up 
the river to Sweed's ford, two miles, to prevent the 
enemy from crossing at that place. 



40 HISTORY OP THE 

Dec. 12... About sunset some of our horsemen 
brought into camp two Hessians they had taken who 
gave intelhgence that there were about 4000 of the enemy 
over the Schuylkill after forage; and Gen. Sullivan 
immediately marched in pursuit and crossing the river 
proceeded as far as the Gulph mills, but having inform- 
ation they had returned to Philadelphia we there 
halted. 

Dec. 16... The army marched to Valley-forge and 
encamped. 

Dec. 23... The ground was staked out for the army 
to build huts to winter in at this place; which is about 
22 miles from Philadelphia. In about a week from 
this date the army in general moved into their 
huts, which were built with round logs, and most of 
them covered with straw and earth ; and lay in two 
lines which extended from the Schuylkill about one 
and a half miles. In the beginning of February each 
brigade were ordered to build a breast work in front 
of their own huts, which was done in a few days. 
The whole army lay there except two brigades at Wil- 
mington, down the Delaware river, and also about 300 
men at Rednar, 7 miles from camp ; and 200 at the 
Gulph Mills about the same distance; each of these 
two last named parties were relieved every week. 
There were likewise guards kept about one mile dis- 
tant from camp, which formed a chain of centinels 
round the whole encampment, which were relieved 
daily. The army lay in this posture during the winter 



FIRST NEW HAMPSHIRE REGIMENT. 41 

and nothing remarkable happened. [^ * * * 
* * * 1 

May 6, 1778. This day was kept as a day of 
rejoicing on account of the news of the aUiance of 
France; on which account his excellency Gen. Wash- 
ington was pleased to release all the prisoners then in 
confinement, belonging to the Continental army. The 
whole army was drawn up in two lines, and fired a 
fu-de-joy, from right to left of the front, and from left 
to right of the rear lines ; which was repeated three 
times. 

June 10... The whole army moved out of their 
huts, excepting the sick ; ^ and pitched their tents 
in front of the lines. The night after the 17th the 
enemy left Philadelphia and marched over into the 
Jerseys. 

June 18... At 4 o'clock in the afternoon Gen. Lee's 
division marched, consisting of Gen. Poor's, Varnum's 
and Huntington's brigades, three miles over Schuylkill 
bridge and encamped. 

June 19... Marched about 18 miles. 

June 20... At 12 o'clock we came to the Delaware 
river, and crossed at Corell's ferry, marched 3 miles 
and encamped in Amwell. 

June 21... Gen. Lee's division lay still, and Gen. 
Washington crossed the river and another division of 
the army. 



The regiment suffered severely by sickness during tMs year. 
6 



42 HISTORY OF THE 

June 22... The whole army crossed and encamped 
in Amwell, excepting a party that marched to take 
possession of the city of Philadelphia. 

June2S... The whole army marched down toward 
the enemy (leaving the tents and baggage), as far as 
Hopewell township, and halted ; but Col. Morgan with 
his regiment of riflemen and a detachment under his 
command marched toward the enemy. 

June 24... The army lay still, the tents came up and 
were pitched, a detachment went forward under the 
command of Gen. Scott. 

June 25... Marched to Kingstown, and another de- 
tachment went forward under the command of the 
Marquis De la Fayette. 

June 26... Marched to Cranberry town and Gen. 
Lee went forward with two brigades. 

June 27... Marched to Cranberry meadows. 

Jime 28... Marched to English town and there left 
our packs and coats the weather being very warm, and 
proceeded as fast as possible in pursuit of the enemy 
who were then near Monmouth Court House. The 
forward detachment had attacked the enemy, and Gen. 
Washington met them on the retreat about one and 
one-half miles above the Court House. Our artillery 
set in very briskly, causing a heavy cannonade on both 
sides, holding for some time until the eftemy retreated. 
Our army pursued about a mile, and then left them. 
The enemy encamped that night near the Court House ; 
and in the night moved oil' leaving all their wounded 



FIRST NEW HAMPSHIRE REGIMENT. 43 

not able to march, numbering about sixty, of whom 
were five commissioned officers. 

June 29 . . . Two brigades marched down to the Court 
House, as a covering party wliile they buried the dead. 
The number of those buried were about three hundred, 
that of ours sixty. After the dead were buried the 
whole armv marched back to Enailishtown. 

June 30... Lay still at Englishtown. 

July 1 . . . The whole army march to Spotwood, the 
weather being so excessively hot (the road being for 
most part through Pitch pine plain) that near one-third 
of the men were so overcome that they were obliged to 
stop ; many were not able to march until the cool of 
the evening, and some so overcome they were obliged 
to be conveyed in waggons.^ 

July 2... Marched to Brunswick. 

July 4... This being the anniversary of American 
independence, it was celebrated in the following 
manner : The army were drawn up in two lines, with 
the field pieces attached to brigades, placed in the line 
of brigades. In the first place there were thirteen 
cannon fired, then a running fire beginning on the 
right of the first line to the left and from the left of the 
rear line to the right ; this was repeated three times 
adding the huzzas ! ! 

July 5 . . . The left wing of the front line marched. 



' This account of the battle of Monmouth, though brief, seems suffi- 
ciently complete. 



/ 



44 HISTORY OF THE 

July 6... The right wing marched. We marched 
10 miles. 

July 7... Marched to Springfield 10 miles. 

July 8... Marched to "Wardsession 10 miles, where 
we came up with the other wing of the army. 

July 9... We lay still. 

July 10... Marched to Storterdam 12 miles and 
crossed the second river, so called. 

July 11... Marched 10 miles to Peramust. 

July 12 k 13... Lay still. 

July 14... Marched 13 miles to Kirkeat. 

July 15... Marched to King's ferry, and Maj. Gen. 
Baron de Kalb's division crossed. 

July 16... Maj. Gen. Baron de Steuben's division 
crossed. 

July 17... Marched to Pickskill (Peekskill) Landing. 

July 18... Marched to Croton bridge. 

July 19... Lay still. 

July 20... Marched to Nortb Castle. 

July 24... Marched to W hite jPla ins where the whole 
army encamped (except two brigades which marched 
for Rhode Island). Here we lay till September, and 
nothing remarkable happened. 

Sept. 11... Three brigades, viz : Gen. Poor's, Learn- 
ard's and Patterson's marched. We marched 8 miles. 

Sept. 12... Marched 3 miles past Bedford. 

Sept. 13, 14, & 15... Lay still. 

Se'pt. 16... Marched to Ridgefield, (Ct). 

Sept. 17... Lay still. 



FIKST NEW HAMPSHIRE REGIMENT. 45 

Sept. 18... Marched to Danbury and encamped on 
tlie hills east of the town. 

Oct. 17... This day being twelve months since Gen. 
Burgoyne's army laid down their arms, and surrendered 
themselves prisoners, it was celebrated in the follow- 
ing manner by the troops then at Danbury, under the 
command of Maj. Gen. Gates. In the forenoon there 
was a discourse delivered by the Rev. Mr. Evans, 
chaplain to Gen. Poor's brigade, suitable to the occa- 
sion. At one o'clock,' there were 13 cannon fired, 
after which all the officers of the division, the hospital 
surgeons that were stationed there, and the militia 
officers of the town, dined together. After dinner 
the following toasts were drank, and a cannon fired 
after giving of each : 1. The United States of America. 
2. Congress. 3. Gen. "Washington and the American 
army. 4. The American navy. 5. The King of 
France and our allies in Europe. 6. Count De 
Estang, and the fleet under his command. 7. Dr. 
Franklin and the American plenopotentiaries in Eu- 
rope. 8. Gov. Trumbull and the state of Connecticut. 
9. The glorious 24th of December, 1776, 10. The 
glorious 28th of June, 1778. 11 . The glorious memory 
of Gens. Warren, MQutgwiiery, Mercer, Worster and 
^1^' Nash, with all the virtuous officers and soldiers who 
have died in defense of freedom and their country. 
12. May all citizens be soldiers,- and all soldiers be 
always citizens. 13. The glorious 17th of October, 
1777. 



46 HISTORY OF THE 

Od.ld... Gen. Poor's brigade moved, "We marched 
7 miles. 

Oct. 20 .. Marched to Woodbury 12 miles. 

Oct. 21... Marched to Waterbiiry 12 miles. 

Oct. 22... Marched to Farmington 18 miles. 

Oct. 24... Marched to Hartford 12 miles, and en- 
camped on the bank of the river just above the town. 
Soon after the other two brigades came in and 
encamped in a line with ours. 

Nov. 15... We marched back from the river about 
6 miles, and encamped in the woods. 

Nov. 20... Gen. Poor's brigade marched to Sims- 
bury, where we took charge of the German troops, that 
were captured with Gen. Burgoyne, they being on 
their way to Virginia. 

Nov. 21... Marched to Kew Hartford 12 miles. 

Nov. 22... Marched to Norfolk 15 miles, but the 
traveling was so bad that we were obliged to lay still 
2 days for our baggage to come up. 

Nov. 25... Marched 3 miles past South Canaan. 

Nov. 26... Marched to Kent 15 miles. 

Nov. 27... Marched to New Milford 15 miles, where 
a party of the militia received the German troops. 

Nov. 28... Marched to Danbury 15 miles. 

Dec. 2 . . . Marched to Redding 5 miles, where we were 
to build our huts for the winter. 

Dec. 4... We began to build our huts, which we fin- 
ished in a short time, and tarried in them till the 10th 
of April, and then marched to the high lands on North 



FIRST NEW HAMPSHIRE REGIMENT. 47 

river, where we went into huts and staid till May 9th 
1779, then marched for Easton in Pennsylvania, where 
we arrived the 18th, and took quarters in the Court 
House and other spare buildings. 

May 19, 1779. Gen. Sullivan arrived at Easton, 
being appointed to command of the western army. 

May 28 . . . Col. Cilly's regiment marched to Wyoming 
12 miles. 

May 29... Marched to Pocono point 15 miles. 

May 30... Marched to Tuckhannock 10 miles. 

May 31... Marched to Locust hill 6 miles, where we 
came up with Col. Courtland's and Col. Spencer's 
regiments, who were cutting a road through to "Wyo- 
ming. We pitched our tents and went to work with 
them, and a detachment of 200 ■ men from the three 
regiments marched forward to Wyoming. We worked 
on the road till June 7, and moved our tents 8 miles. 

June 9 . . . Moved 2 miles and encamped. 

June 11... Moved 5 miles to Ballock's house. 

June 14... Marched to Wyoming 7 miles, and 65 
from Easton. 

June 17... Col. Cilly's, Courtland's and Spencer's 
regiments marched up the river to Jacob's Plains 4 
miles and encamped. 

June 23 . . . Gen. Sullivan came into Wyoming, also 
5 other regiments. 

July 4... Col. Cilly's ai^d Courtland's regiments 
crossed the river and marched down two miles toward 



48 HISTORY OF THE 

"Wyoming, and encamped with the rest of Gen Poor's 
brigade. 

July b... Gen. Poor made an entertainment for the 
officers of the brigade in commemoration of American 
independence, and after dinner the following toasts 
were drank : 1. United States. 2. July 4, 1776, the 
memorable. 3. The grand council of America. 4. 
Gen. Washington and the army. 5. The king and 
queen of France. 6. Gen. Sullivan and the Western 
expedition. 7. May the councillors of America be 
wise, and her soldiers invincible. 8. A successful and 
decisive campaign. 9. Civilization or death to all 
savages. 10. To the immortal memory of those heroes 
that have fallen in defense of American liberty. 11. 
May the husbandman's cottage be blessed with peace, 
and his fields with plenty. 12. Vigor and virtue to all 
the sons and daughters of America. 13. May the 
IsTew World be the last asylum of freedom and the 
arts. 

July "21... Gen. Poor's brigade marched down to 
Wyoming and encamped with the rest of the army. 

July 31... Having all things in readiness, the army 
began their march up the river. We marched to 
Lacawaneck 10 miles. 

Aug. 1... Marched to Quilutamack 7 miles, and 
met with so much difficulty in passing some large 
mountains that ran dowit to the river, that the rear 
did not come up till sunrise next morning, for which 
reason we lay still the second day. 



FIRST NEW HAMPSHIRE REGIMENT. 49 

Aug. 3... Marched to Tunkliannick 12 miles. 

Aug. 4... Marched to Vanderlip's farm 13 miles. 

Aug. 5... Marched to Wylusink 10 miles. 

Aug. 6 & 7... Lay still. 

Aug. 8... Marched to Standingstoue 11 miles. 

Aug. 9... Marched to Shesheck 16 miles. 

Aug. 10... Lay still. 

Aug. 11... Forded the river, and marched to Tioga 
5 miles, and there encamped on the point between the 
Seneca and Tioga branches. 

Aug. 12... Toward night we had orders to prepare 
for a march, and left Tioga just after sunset with one 
day's provision, leaving all our tents standing, and our 
baggage in them, with a few men least able to march. 
Marched all night though very dark and bad travel- 
ing; and just at day break next morning reached 
Chemong, a small Indian town 14 miles from Tioga ; 
but they being alarmed before we could surround the 
town made oiF. They had previously moved all their 
women, children and effects, leaving only about fifty 
of their warriors as a guard. Gen. Hand's brigade 
followed them up the river about two miles where 
they had posted themselves in a very advantageous 
position. They gave the brigade a shot and ran off. 
In the meantime we set fire to all the buildings in the 
town, about twenty, then marched, crossed the river, 
and destroyed three or four fields of corn, cutting and 
throwing it in heaps, the corn then being in the milk. 
While at work on the last field, we were fired upon 



50 HISTORY OF THE 

across tlic river by the Indians, killing one and 
wounding four of our men. The whole of our killed 
and wounded this day was about 15 or 16. We were 
not positive of killing more than one of the Indians. 
In the afternoon we marched back to Tioga. 

Aug. 15... A party of Indians came down to the 
south side of the river, opposite the encampment, and 
fired upon some men that were tending cattle, killed 
one and wounding another. 

Aug. 16... A detachment of 900 men commanded 
by Gen. Poor, marched up the river to meet Gen. 
Clinton's brigade who were to meet us at Tyoga from 
the Mohawk river. 

Aug. 17... The Indians killed one man near the 
encampment. 

Aug. 22... Gen. Clinton's brigade with the detach- 
ment sent to meet him came in. 

Aug. 26... Three Indians belonging to the Oneida 
tribe came in to join our army and assist our guides. 
The same day the army began to march into the 
Seneca country, leaving a garrison of 500 men ; 
marched 4 miles and encamped. 

Aug. 27... Marched 6 miles. 

Aug. 28... Thence to Chemong 4 miles. 

Aug. 29... We marched about 4 miles, where our 
advanced guard were fired upon by the enemy from a 
breast work they had thrown up, of about a quarter of 
a mile in length, extending from the river to a large 
range of mountains, which lay parallel with the 



FIRST NEW HAMPSHIRE REGIMENT. 51 

river. The army halted, and Gen. Poor's brigade 
marched back of the mountain in order to cross the 
range in rear of the enemy. In the meantime we kept 
a few men firing before the breast work in order to 
arouse the enemy. Gen. Poor's brigade marched 
round about three miles, and as we attempted to 
ascend and cross the mountain, were fired upon by 
the Indians, who gave at the same time a most hideous 
yell which resounded in the mountains as if covered 
with them. 

The brigade formed line and marched up, receiving 
a constant fire from them ; but as soon as we reached 
the top they fled, and those at the breastwork at the 
same time. We had 4 men killed and 32 wounded. 
There were 11 Indians left dead on the ground.^ They 
took ofl^" their wounded, as appeared by the blood 
where they crossed the river. We took two prisoners 
during the action, a white man and a negro, who 
informed us there were 600 Indians, 200 Tories and 14 
British troops all under the command of Col. Butler. 
That they had been waiting some time for us, intend- 
ing to cut ofl:" our provisions, and to hinder our further 
progress into their country. 

Aug. 30... We lay still, and in the evening sent the 
wounded men down to Tioga in boats. 

Aug. 31... Marched 10 miles. 



' Sullivan's official account gives minute details of the battle of 
Newtown. 



52 HISTORY OF THE 

Sept. 1... Marched to French Katharines 13 miles. 

8ej)t. 2... Lay still. 

Sept. 3... Marched 10 miles and encamped on the 
north side of Seneca lake. 

Se-pt. 4... Passed Appietown and marched 13 miles. 

Sept. 5... Marched to Kondar 6 miles. 

Sept. 6... Marched 4 miles. 

Sept.. 7... Marched round the end of Seneca lake to 
Kanadasaga 13 miles. 

Sept. 8... The army lay still ; a detachment went up 
the south side of the lake to destroy a town. 

Sept. 9... Marched 8 miles. 

Sept. 10... To Kennendaughque 12 miles. 

Sept. 11... To Ilanneyauyen 13 miles; here we left 
a garrison of 100 men with part of the flour and 
ammunition. 

Sept. 12... Marched 11 miles. 

Sept. 13... After marching 2 miles we came to a 
town called Keneghses where the army halted to build 
a bridge over a large sunken place for the troops to 
cross. In the meantime, part of the riflemen went 
forward to the next town. On their return within 
about a mile of the army, they were fired upon by the 
enemy who had posted themselves on a hill ready to 
give us a shot as soon as we came out of the swamp. 
They killed 13 of the riflemen and took two prisoners. 
Our men being alarmed by the fire, the light troops 
marched to their relief, on the appearance of which 
the enemy quit the ground leaving 70 of their packs. 



FIRST NEW HAMPSHIRE REGIMENT. 53 

After this we marched to Gaghaheywarahera ; the 
whole of our march to-day being 9 miles. 

Sept. 14... We marched two miles and forded the 
Chinesee river/ then 3 miles down the river to a large 
town called Chinesee Castle, and here found the two 
men that had been taken the day before cut to pieces 
in the most barbarous and inhuman manner possible 
to be conceived. In this town were 180 houses and 
an exceeding large field of corn, which took the army 
until the middle of the afternoon next day to destroy, 
after which we marched about 4 miles. 

Sept. 16... We marched to Keneghses. 

Sept. 11 ... Marched to Hannauyan. 

Sept. 18... Marched to Kennendaughque. 

Sept. 19... Marched to Kanadasaga. 

Sept. 20... A detachment of 500 men commanded 
by Col. Butler were sent off to go up the lake (Keyuga 
on the northeast side ; the army marched a little past 
the end of Seneca lake. 

Sept. 21... Another detachment of 200 men under 
command of Col. Dearborn left us to go up the south- 
west side of Keuga^ lake. The army marched 3 
miles past Kendai ; and 

Sept. 24... We met some of our boats 5 miles 
above ISTewton, where we halted until the detachments 
came in : and 



' Probably Genesee. 
^ Cayuga. 



54 HISTORY OF THE 

Sept. 29 & 30... Marched to Tyoga. 

Oct. 4... The army marched for Wyoming, making 
14 miles. 

Oct. 5... The whole army went on board the boats, 
except a sufficient number to drive down the horses 
and cattle, and arrived at Wyoming, on 

Oct. 7... About noon. 

Oct. 10... Marched for Easton where we arrived 

Oct. 15... And encamped near the river. 

Oct. 27... Marched toward the Korth river, and 

Oct. 30... Pitched our tents at the mouth of the cove. 

Nov. 6... Marched to Plimpton and encamped. 

Nov. 24... Marched 15 miles toward the North river. 

Nov. 25... Marched to the river and crossed. 

Nov. 27... Marched to Crumpond. 

Nov. 28... Marched 12 miles. 

Nov. 29... Marched to Ridgburry. 

Dec. 1... Thence to the place pitched upon for 
building our huts for the winter, which was about half 
way between Danbury and IsTewtown, and next day, 

Dec. 2... The ground was staked out and 

D.ec. 3... Began to build our huts which were 
finished in about 14 or 15 days. At this place we lay 
until 

Ajpril 6, 1780. Thence we marched to West point. 

Aug. 4... We left West point and marched to Peeks- 
kill and 

Aug. 5... Marched to King's ferry but could not 
cross, as the army were crossing there. 



FIRST NEW HAJNIPSHIRE REGIMENT. 55 

Aug. 6... We crossed the river and marclied 4 miles. 

Aug. 1 ... Marclied down the river as far as Green- 
bush. 

Aug. 8... Marched to Tappan, Oraugetown, where 
the whole army encamped. 

Aug. 23... The army marched down to Jeverich, 
opposite the upper end of York island. 

Sept. 4... The army marched about 6 miles toward 
Peramus, to a place called Stanrapie. 

Sept. 17... Gen. "Washington sat off on a journey to 
Hartford, and left the command of the army to Maj. 
Gen. Green. 

Sept. 20... The army marched up to Tappan and 
took their old encampment ground. 

Sept. 25... Gen. Arnold's plot was discovered, and 
he made his escape to the enemy; but Maj. Andre, 
adjutant general to the British army, was taken pri- 
soner. His excellency Gen. Washington was on his 
return from Hartford, and just arrived at Gen. Arnold's 
quarters as the plot was first discovered and tarried 
there a few days, but sent Maj. Andre to the main army. 

Oct. 1... A board of general officers sat to examine 
into the case of Maj. Andre, who reported : First, 
That he came on shore from the Vulture sloop of war, 
in the night of the 21st of Sept., for a secret interview 
with Gen. Arnold. Second, That he changed his dress 
within our line, and in a disguised habit passed the 
works at Stoney and Verplank's points ; on the 
evening of the22d,aud on morning of the 23d was 



56 ■ HISTORY OF THE 

taken at Tarry Town, on his way to New York in 
disguise, and was in possession of several papers, con- 
taining intelligence for the enemy. The board do 
therefore report to his excellency Gen. Washington, 
that Maj. Andre ought to be considered a spy from 
the enemy, and agreeable to the laws of nations ought 
to suffer death. The commander in chief directs the 
execution of the above sentence in the usual way. 

Oct. 2... Maj. John Andre, adjutant general to the 
British army, was hanged. 

Oct. 6... The army marched. Four brigades for 
"West point, under the command of Gen. Green ; the 
rest of the army marched back from the river. Ours 
with Gen. Green marched to Haverstraw. 

Oct. 7&8... Marched to West point and the First 
and Second New Hampshire regiments encamped on 
Constitution island. 

Oct. 25... Crossed the river and marched to Soldiers 
Fortune, where we began to build our huts for the 
winter, but did not finish them till the beginning of 
January, by reason of being so often called down to . 
the lines. 



FIRST NEW HAMPSHIRE REGIMENT. 57 

The following acts of congress, relative to the army, 
are preserved at the end of Blake's journal, and are 
printed to show the laws and customs at that period : 

CLOTHING KEGULATIONS FOR THE AKMT. 

In Congress, Nov. 25, 1779. 

Whereas Congress by sundry resolutions, have provided that 
clothing be furnished to the officers of the line and others, at 
prices proportioned to their pay, but no enumeration of the 
articles intended to be comprehended in a suit of clothes having 
been made, or any rules explicitly laid down for the delivery of 
or payment for the same. 

Resolved^ That the following articles be delivered as a suit of 
clothes, for the current, and every succeeding year of their 
service, to the officers of the line and stafi", entitled by any 
resolutions of Congress to receive the same, viz : one hat ; one 
body coat ; four stocks ; four pr. breeches, two for winter, and 
two for summer; four pr. of shoes; one waistcoat; four shirts; 
four vests, one for winter, and three for summer; six pr. of 
stockings, three pr. worsted, and three of thread. 

For which articles of clothing the officer shall pay on receipt 
thereof, one-half more than the prices, at which the same were 
currently sold before the commencement of hostilities in April, 
1775. 

And for this end the purchasing agents employed on Conti- 
nental account, shall transmit to the clothier general, with the 
clothing they shall respectively purchase, the prices marked 
thereon, at the rates aforesaid, and also correct invoices of the 
same, and copies of such rates and invoices to the board of war; 
and clothing purchased on Continental account by the respective 
States shall be valued, marked, and invoiced iu like manner, and 
copies of such invoices and rates also transmitted to the board 
of war, and the clothier general. The clothing, so purchased, 
shall be distributed to and among the sub or State clothiers, to 
be issued by them to the regimental clothiers, and by the latter, 
to the officers of the regiments and corps ; and the said regi- 



58 HISTORY OF THE 

mental clothiers shall receive from the officers on delivery of 
the clothing, the prices thereof so fixed, and they shall every 
three months settle their accounts of moneys, received for 
clothing, with the auditors of the army, in which they shall 
serve, and pay the moneys, which in such settlements shall be 
found chargeable to them, or in their hands to the paymasters 
general, or deputy paymasters general of the army or detach- 
ment, in which such regimental clothiers shall serve, and the 
said paymasters general, or deputy paymasters general, shall 
make returns of the amount of all such moneys so received to 
the board treasury, that the said paymasters general, or deputy 
paymasters general may be duly charged with the same ; the 
auditors making such settlements with the regimental clothiers, 
shall ti'ansmit to the paymaster, or deputy paymaster general 
abstracts of such settlements specifying the balances due from 
the regimental clothiers respectively, that in case of neglect 
they may be duly called on for payment of the same. 

Copies of such abstracts shall also be transmitted to the board 
of treasury. Excepting from this rule of distribution all staff 
officers not taken from the line, who are to receive their 
clothing immediately from the clothiers general, or if attached 
to the corps of, or residing in any State at a distance from the 
clothier generaFs stores, from the sub clothier of such State, 
paying for the same at the rates aforesaid, and all moneys so 
received by the clothier general, or such sub or State clothiers, 
shall be placed to the credit of the United States, and accounts 
thereof duly transmitted to the board of treasury. The clothier 
general to be charged in the settlement of his contingent 
account, with the moneys so received, and the sub or State 
clothiers to be accountable for, and pay the moneys received 
by them to the order of the executive of the State, appointing 
them respectively, and the State to be charged in its clothing 
account with the amount of such moneys, excepting also all 
State officers, who receive commissions on their expenditures of 
public moneys, who are not to receive any clothing provided at 
Continental expence. 



FIRST NEW HAMPSHIRE REGIMENT. 59 

That all clothing, issued to nou commissioned officers and 
soldiers, enlisted artificers and waggoners, beyound that allowed 
to them as a county, shall also be valued and paid for at the 
rate beforementioned, but no non commissioned officer or 
soldier, waggoner, or artificer, shall be entitled to purchase in 
any one year out of the public store, any other additional arti- 
cles than those of hats, hose, shoes, or shirts, and not more of 
those than are absolutely necessary, and not exceeding the 
number of the like articles, allowed them in their county' 
clothing. 

That all the clothing beforementioned of officers of the line 
and soldiers shall be issued on returns, certified by the com- 
manding officer of the corps to which they belong, all clothing 
to the stafi" officers on the certificates of their principal with the 
army, or in the district within which they shall serve to artifi- 
cei's on the certificate of the commanding officer of their corps, 
and two waggoners on the certificate of the quarter master 
general or of the deputy quarter master general employing 
them, or of the waggon master general,, or deputy waggon master 
general, under whom they serve. 

That no staff officer, artificer or waggoner, not being engaged 
for at least one year, shall receive clothing, and if any such 
officer artificer or waggoner, being engaged for one year or 
more, after receipt of such clothing shall quiet the service 
before the expiration of the term for which he or they are or 
shall be engaged, he or they shall forfeit and pay the full value 
of such clothing, and be subject to all other penalties and 
inconveniences attending his or their breach of contract or 
desertion. 

Nov. 26, 1779. 
Resolved^ That the returns for clothing for officers in the 
medical staffs ; regimental surgeons and their mates, who are 
to draw with the regimental staff excepted, by the director 
general, or the Physician general, or the surgeon of the dis- 
trict, and such clothing shall be delivered either by the clothier 



GO • HISTORY OF THE 

general, or any sub clothier in the state in which the officer 
to receive clothing shall reside, as is provided in the cases 
of other staif officers not taken from the line. 

That no clothing shall be sold or delivered to non commis- 
sioned officers or soldiers beyond the articles they have received 
as their bounty clothing, it beins; the intention hereof that 
surplus only shall be disposed of. 

(Extract from the minutes). 

Charles Thompson, Secretary. 

In Congress, Sept. 6, 1777. 

The committee on the Treasury having into consideration 
the letter from General Gates of 28 Aug., respecting cloth- 
ing for the army under his command, referred to them by 
Congress ; 

Report : That it appears from the clothier general's report, 
that he has ordered considerable supplies of clothing to be 
forwarded to the army in the northern department from Boston, 
and that he has little doubt of being able to furnish in the 
course of the year, the specific articles of clothing directed to 
be given as a bounty to the troops, and as it will be equally 
disadvantageous to the soldiers and the service, should they 
receive money instead of such clothing ; the board disapproves 
of the stoppages made by the deputy paymaster general, in 
the northern department, on account of clothing, and directs 
the money to be returned, except in cases where a regiment has 
been furnished with more clothing then the bounty. 

That the greatest care ought to be taken to do justice to the 
soldiers, as well as the public in this essential article; it is not 
sufficient in the opinion of this board that the clothier general 
charge the regiments with the articles delivered and take receipts 
of the colonel or commanding officer on delivering the cloth- 
ing to the captain, or commanding officer of each company, 
and takes his receipt ; each commanding officer of a company 
ought moreover to be strictly required to keep a clothing account 
with his company, distinguishing the several articles delivered 



FIRST NEW HAMPSHIRE REGIMENT. (Jl 

tu each non commissioned officer and private, and taking receipts 
for the same as his vouchers, and when each non commissioned 
officer and private respectively shall have received his bounty 
of clothing, the commanding officer of the company to which 
he belongs, shall deliver the account and receipts to the 
commanding officer of the regiment, to enable him to settle 
the clothing accounts with the clothier general as well as 
to discover whether equal justice has been done to the 
company. 

That such troops as have not been supplied with clothing 
ought to be furnished their full bounty without delay, which 
the board have earnestly recommended to the attention of the 
clothier general, and he, on his part, has engaged to exert every 
means in his power to accomplish. 

That such of the troops as at their own expense have pro- 
vided themselves with any of the articles of clothing allowed 
in bounty, or shall not draw their clothing in the course of the 
year, shall be entitled to receive the full value thereof at the 
averaged prices which the clothing of the army shall cost the 
publick. 

And whereas when the bounty of clothing was provided by 
Congress, it was conceived that it might be impracticable to 
obtain a sufficient quantity of clothing for regimental coats for 
the troops, and for that reason two hunting-shirts were substi- 
tuted, but in the event so considerable has been procured, that 
the clothier general has been enabled to furnish most of the 
troops with regimental coats instead of hunting-shirts, and ex- 
perience having shown that a further alteration of the articles 
of clothing allowed as a bounty, may be made to the advantage 
of the soldiers, and without loss to the publick, therefore it is 
the opinion of the committee that it be, 

Resolved^ That the clothier general be directed, as far as he 
shall have it in his power, to furnish all the non commissioned 
officers and privates, in the service of the United States who 
have not received their bounty of clothing, at their election, 
either with the several articles allowed by Congress, in the 



62 



HISTORY OF THE 



resolution of the 8th of October, 
following articles, viz : 



1776, or in lieu thereof the 



1 regimental coat averaged at . . $8 & 60-90ths. 

1 jacket without sleeves, . . . 2 & 60 
1 pair buckskin and 2 pair linen or 

woolen breeches, .... 8 

1 hat or leathern cap, . . . 2 & 60 

2 shirts, ...... 8 

1 hunting shirt, .... 4 

2 pair of overalls, ..... 6 
2 pair of stockings, .... 4 
2 pair of shoes, ..... 6 
1 blanket, 6 

Total estimated cost, . . $56 

But as the cost of the articles last specified exceed that of 
the clothing allowed as a bounty to the troops, by eight dollar.* 
and 30 90ths of a dollar, so much shall be stopped out of the 
pay of every non commissioned officer and priv'ate, who shall 
be supplied in the manner last directed, as will make the 
amount of clothing he shall receive, equal to the value of the 
bounty of clothing, which upon an average of the prices of 
the several articles, is estimated at forty-seven dollars, and 60 
90ths of a dollar. 

The said report being twice read, on the question put. 

Resolved, That Congress agree to the foregoing report and 
resolves. 

By order of Congress. 
[Fac simile.] John Hancock, President. 



General Orders, May 20tli, 1779. 
In all future draughts of clothing, the regimental clothier is 
to be furnished by the officers commanding companies with 
returns specifying the men's names, and the particular wants 
of each. These he is to digest into a regimental return, which 
being examined and signed by the officer commanding the regi- 



FIRST NEW HAMPSHIRE REGIMENT. 63 

ment, and countersigned by himself, with a receipt upon it for 
the supplies delivered to the regiment, is to be lodged with the 
clothier general of issues, as a voucher for the delivery. 
(Extract from General Orders). 

Alexander Scammell, Adjt. Gen. 



Ordinance for regidating the Clothing Department, for the 
Armies of the United JStates. 

In Congress, March 23, 1779. 

There shall be a clothier general, a sub or State clothier for 
each State and a regimental clothier. 

The clothier general is to be subject to the orders of the 
board of war and commander in chief. 

He is to furnish estimates of the supplies wanted for the 
army. To apply to the commander in chief and board of war 
for assistance therein, and to make returns of such estimates 
to them respectively. 

To receive all supplies imported from abroad and purchased 
in the country by Continental agents. 

To superintend the distribution thereof to the State clothiers, 
to settle accounts with them at least every six months, to keep 
regular accounts of all the clothing he shall receive, as well as 
the distribution thereof among the State clothiers, and to 
transmit his accounts twice in every year to the board of trea- 
sury, and settle them in the chamber of accounts when required, 
and generally to take care on the one hand thjt justice is done 
to the public, and on the other that the army receive whatever 
shall be allowed to them in a direct and seasonable manner, 
and at the same time so as to act between the Continent and 
each particular State, that equal and impartial justice may be 
done on all sides. 

J7te Siib or State Clothier. 

A sub or State clothier is to be appointed by each State 
respectively, to reside "with or near the army, or sub detach- 



64 HISTORY OF THE 

ments thereof; in which the troops of such Slate may be, as the 
commander in chief shall direct, the better to know and supply 
their wants. 

The State appointing him is to answerable for his conduct ; in 
case of neglect or misbehavour, he is to be displaced by the 
commander in chief, and his successor to be appointed by the 
State to which he belonged. He is to receive of the clothier 
general, the proportion of clothing assigned for the troops of 
his State out of the publick clothing imported, or purchased by 
Continental agents, and from the State for which he is appointed, 
all the clothing which may at Continental expence be purchased 
in such States of the latter, their quality and price. He shall 
transmit correct accounts to the clothier general, and when 
required, submit the several articles to the inspection of the 
clothier general, or any person for that purpose deputed by 
him. He is to issue all clothing, supplies as aforesaid to the 
regimental clothiers, on returns signed by the commanding 
officer of the regiments. He is to keep exact returns with each 
regiment, inspect those of the regimental clothiers, see the 
articles delivered them duly issued to the troops ; and that all 
the clothing procured at Continental expence, above the allow- 
ance made by Congress, drawn by non commissioned officers 
and privates be charged to them, and credited to the pay rolls; 
and that the commissioned officers receive what is credited to 
them and no more. 

He is to keep each account with the clothier general, in 
behalf of the publick, charging the United States only with 
what is allowed to the officers and men. 

Whenever the troops of any State shall have received their 
proportion of clothing from the Continental store, the supplies 
purchased at Continental expence, by the State to which they 
belong, or from both, and there shall remain a surplus which 
may be wanted for other troops not fully supplied, the sub 
clothier possessed thereof is to deliver over the supplies to such 
other State clothiers as the clothier general shall direct, taking 
duplicate invoices and receipts from the' State clothier, to whom 



FIRST NEW HAMPSHIRE REGIMENT. 65 

they shall be transferred, one set of which he is to deposit with 
the clothier general, and the other to retain as his own voucher. 
The clothier general on his part making proper entries in his 
accounts, to do justice to all concerned. 

When from a difficiency in the publick stores, the troops of 
any State shall not have received their allowance of clothing, 
the State clothier, without delay, shall represent their wants 
particularly enumerated in a return for that purpose, to the 
executive authority of the State to which he belongs, requesting 
a speedy and adequate supply. 

And in case a State shall at its own expence, give and deposit 
with him any clothing for the more comfortable subsistance of 
its quota of troops, in addition to the allowance, made by Con- 
gress, he is strictly to pursue the directions of such State, as 
well with respect to the distribution, as for the vouchers for the 
delivery, and manner and time of settling his accounts, trans- 
mitting once in every six months, a copy of such accounts to 
the clothier general, and as often and whenever required, to 
the State to which he belongs. 

The Regimental Clothier. 

The office of the regimental clothier shall always be executed 
by the regimental paymaster.. 

He is to be furnished by the captains with returns specifying 
the men's names, and the particular wants of each. These he 
is to digest into a regimental return, which being signed by 
the officer commanding the regiments, and countersigned by 
himself with a receipt upon it for the supplies delivered the 
regiment, is to be lodged with the State clothier, and become to 
him a voucher for the delivery in his settlement with the 
clothier general. 

He is to keep an account with each officer and soldier for every 
article delivered, taking a receipt from them as his voucher for 
the delivery. 

He is to credit them for the Continental allowance, and to 
charge them for everything they receive, making stoppages in 



QQ HISTORY OF THE 

the monthly pay rolls for whatever they may fall in debt to the 
publick beyond the allowance. And to prevent any future 
unequal distribution of clothing, either to the officers or soldiers, 
and the confusion and complaints, which have heretofore been 
occasioned in irregular applications by the commanding officers 
of regiments, to publick agents at diiFerent posts, it is hereby 
strictly enjoined on those agents of the clothier general, and the 
sub or state clothiers, to issue no clothing on any pretence 
whatever, but in the manner before prescribed, nor shall any 
article be credited to either of them on settlement of their 
accounts, which is not so issued and voched. 

And whereas, often changes of the uniform of regiments 
have proved inconvenient and expensive, the commander in 
chief is therefore hereby authorized and directed according to 
the circumstances of supplies of clothing to fix and prescribe 
the uniform, as well to regard the colour of facings, as the 
cut and fashion of the clothes to be worn by the troops of the 
respective States and regiments, which shall as far as possible 
be complied with by all purchasing agents employed by Congress, 
as well as particular states, by the clothier general, sub or State 
clothier, and regimental clothiers, and all officers and soldiers in 
the armies o^ the United States, and when materials can be pur- 
chased instead of ready made clothes, it shall always be prefered, 
in order that they may be made up by the tailors of the several 
regiments, to save expence, and to save the disadvantages which 
the soldiers frequently suiFer from their unfitness ; and instead 
of breeches, woolen over-alls for the winter and linen for the 
summer are to be substituted. 

(Extract from general orders). 

AlexR Scammel, 

A(f(j^ Gcni 

In Congress, March 10, 1780. 
For the better regulating the payment of arrears due or to 
become due to the soldiers for clothing pursuant to the resolu- 
tion of Congress of 19th Aug. last. 



FIRST NEW HAMPSHIRE REGIMENT. 67 

Resolved, That the several regimental paymasters at the end 
of each year make out returns of clothing drawn by each soldier 
in the regiment to which he belongs in the course thereof, and 
of the articles still due, and to be paid for at the value fixed by 
the clothier general. 

That each of the said returns certified by the sub or State 
clothier of the state to which the regiment may belong and 
accompanied by a certified copy of the last muster roll, be 
delivered to the auditors of the army in which the said regi- 
ment may be, who shall compare the returns with the muster 
rolls, file them in the office and report a warrant in the usual 
form for the sum necessary to discharge the arrears to the sol- 
diers present, and when any part of the regiment happen to be 
on detachment at that time the sum necessary to pay them, 
shall, when they return, be granted on a certificate of the 
inspector who musters the regiment, and settle in the same 
manner as arrears do to the present. 

That each regimental paymaster within two weeks after the 
receipt of the money, pay ofl" the several companies, and take 
receipts of the soldiers respectively, to be produced as his 
vouchers to the auditors at his next settlement of his regi- 
mental pay roll. 

That the said auditors examine and settle the said accounts 
and that the balance, if any, which may remain in the hands of 
the said paymaster by reason of casualties in the regiment, 
after the taking of the muster rolls as afore said be refunded 
as directed by a resolution of Congress of the 6th of February, 
1778. 

That the arrears of clothing due to prisoners, or the legal 
representatives of such as from time to time have died in the 
service, be paid for in the manner directed in similar cases as 
arrears of pay, by the said last resolve recited. 

Resolved^ That no allowance of pay, rations or subsist- 
ance, ought to be made to any person after he ceases to be in 
office. 

That if any issuer deliver out public stores to such persons 



68 HISTORY OF THE 

without being authorized by a resolution of Congress, the same 
ought to be charged to his account. 

(Extract from the minutes.) 

Charles Thompson, 

Secretary. 

By the United States in Congress assembled, June 18, 1781. 
The committee to whom was recommitted their report on the 
clothier's department, together with the letter of J. Moylan, 
clothier general, delivered in a report which was taken into 
consideration and thereupon 

Resolved^ That all State purchasers of clothing on Conti- 
nental account, and all State appointments and regulations in 
the clothing department on Continental account be abolished 
on the first day of September, at or before which time the sub 
and agent clothiers, are to deliver to the clothier general all 
clothing purchased at Continental expence, which they may 
then have on hand, taking his receipt therefor, a duplicate 
whereof to be transmitted to the treasury ofl&ce. 

Resolved, That the clothier general in the month of June 
annually make and deliver into the board of war an estimate 
of clothing and disbursments for clothing for a year from the 
first of November then next, that Congress may be enabled to 
furnish the proper sums, and adopt the necessary measures for 
procuring the same. 

That all non commissioned officers and soldiers who are, or 
may hereafter be enlisted during the war be annually furnished 
with : 1 regimental coat full made; 1 pair of cloth breeches; 
1 cloth vest ; 1 pair woolen overalls ; 2 pairs woolen hose ; 2 
pairs woolen socks ; 1 felt hat or leathern cap ; 4 shirts ; 2 
pairs linen overalls ; 4 pairs strong shoes; 1 blanket; 1 rifle 
shirt; 1 pair woolen gloves; 2 pair shoe buckles and one 
clasp, for stock every two years. That dragoons to receive two 
pairs of boots, and one pair of spurs, instead of the shoes and 
buckles annually, also a horseman's cloak every two years. 
That the commander in chief and the general commanding 



FIRST NEW HAMPSHIRE REGIMENT. QQ 

in a separate department respectively be, and hereby are author- 
ized to direct whatever clothing shall from time to time be 
dealt out to sub ofl&cers and waggoners, having regard to the 
nature of their service, and the terms of their contract, and 
time for which they are engaged. 

That summer clothing be ready to be issued on the 15th day 
of April annually, and the winter clothing on the 1st day of 
November following, and be delivered at such time as the 
commander in chief, or the commanding general in a separate 
department shall direct. 

That the clothier general deals out the clothing regimentally, 
and keep regular accounts against the respective regimental 
clothiers, taking care to have the clothing equally and impar- 
tially distributed, when it is found incompetent for the whole 
army. 

That previous to the day of issue the regimental clothiers 
settle their accounts with the clothier general and receive his 
certificates of the arrearages of clothing due to their respective 
regiments, and present him with a return of the number of 
men for whom clothing is w be drawn on the day of general 
issue, the said return to be examined and certified by the ofl&- 
cers commanding their respective regiments, and signed by the 
brigadier or ofiicer commanding the brigade. 

That all extra issues to detachments for accidental loss of 
clothing, be by certificates of the commanding ofl&cer of the 
regiment or detachment to which the non commissioned officers 
or soldiers in whose behalf such applications are made shall 
belong, the said certificates being approved and signed by the 
commander in chief or commanding general of a separate army. 

That all issues of clothing be made from the magazines or 
places of general issues with the army to avoid the necessity of 
detached issues, the officers commanding parties or detach- 
ments are to be answerable that they are supplied, so far as may 
be, from the magazines or stores at camp previous to their 
leaving the army to which they belong. 

That no article of clothing be issued by the clothier general, 



70 HISTORY OF THE 

his deputy or assistants, hut hy returns of certificates made and 
approved as aforesaid. 

That uonon commissionedofficeror soldier who is not engaged 
during war, or for the term at least of one year, to be furnished 
with any article of clothing. 

That the clothier general from time to time notify the pay- 
master general of all surplusages of clothing, specifying the 
corps to which they belong, that stoppages may be made therefor. 

That he make return to the board of war of all clothing on 
hand and persons employed in the department, with the wages 
given to each, regularly once in two months. 

That the quarter master general and his deputies in the several 
States, shall, on the requisition of the clothier general, furnish 
the means of transportation of all articles of clothing from the 
place where imported, received, or purchased, to the place of 
deposit, and a careful waggon master or conductor to be appointed 
by the quarter master general, or some of his deputies shall 
proceed with the clothing who shall be answerable for all defi- 
ciencies on the road, unless they shall be able to show that the 
same happened by unavoidable accident, and not through miscon- 
duct or want of attention. 

That in case of injuries or deficiencies happening in the 
transportation of clothing, the clothier stationed at the maga- 
zine or place of the deposit shall represent the matter to the 
nearest commanding officer of the troops of the United States, 
that the waggon master or conductor having had charge of the 
clothing so damaged or deficient, may be tried by a court mar- 
tial, and if found guilty compelled to restore the goods lost or 
their value, or make satisfaction for damages that accrued 
through his neglect or mismanagement, or to be punished accord- 
ing to the nature of his offence by judgment of a court martial. 

That the clothier general have the management, direction 
and superintendence of hides, subject to the orders of the board 
of war, with full power to call for proper returns from such 
persons as have heretofore had the management of hides. 

That all commissaries make monthlv returns to the clothier 



FIRST NEW HAMPSHIRE REGIMENT. 71 

generiil of the hides on hand, and the commissary general 
make monthly returns to him of all the live cattle delivered over 
to the commissaries of the army. 

That the quarter master or his deputy, on the application of 
the clothier general or either of his deputies, furnish waggons for 
transporting raw or manufactured hides, to such places as they 
shall direct. 

That the clothier general, with concurrence of the superin- 
tendents of finance be authorized to appoint such number of 
persons, to transact the business of the clothing department 
during this present campaign, as they may find necessary from 
time and to ascertain their wages. 

That the clothier general make monthly returns to the com- 
mander in chief. 

That resolutions heretofore passed respecting the clothing 
and hide department, inconsistent with this arrangement, and 
the resolutions now passed, be and are hereby repealed. 



THE HISTORY OF THE REGBIENT CONCLUDED. 

With the terminatiou of Lieutenant Blake's journal 
we are left without any direct record of the doings of 
the regiment, and shall be only able to follow its cam- 
paigns and privations by the general history of the 
army of which it formed a part, and we commence anew 
with January 1st, 1781. The new year opened with 
a deep gloom, the whole army, north as well as south, 
was sufleriug severely both for clothing and provisions. 

* 

The winter was unusually severe, the soldiers were 
often on the point of starvation, and were for days 
without meat, and nearly all the time on short allow- 
ance, while most of them had received no pay for about 



72 HISTORY OF THE 

a year. As for clothing they were often so destitute 
that many of them could not do guard duty without 
borrowing from their comrades, while for shoes they 
were still more deficient, and parties who were on 
fatigue duty for firewood and forage could often be 
tracked by the blood from their bruised feet. 

The writer remembers hearing an old soldier of this 
regiment relate that having at this period received a 
furlough to visit his home, he had to remain two days 
in camp to make a pair of pantaloons and a pair of 
moccasins out of his old blanket before he could start 
on his long journey. It was during this hard winter 
that the Pennsylvania line mutinied, and were soon 
joined by the 'New Jersey troops. This alarming 
affair was partially settled by the more. patient and 
faithful eastern troops being led against them, by which 
they were overawed, and supplies were afterwards 
wrung from the unwilling farmers and holders by 
military orders, and the wants of the army better sup- 
plied. 

It was at this period that Gen. Washington addressed 
a pressing letter to President Weare of New Hamp- 
shire, earnestly urging that state to make some exer- 
tions to relieve the distresses of the army. A circular 
to the same effect was sent to all the New England 
states, and was confided to Gen. Knox as a special 
agent to inforce the appeal. To President Weare 
Washington plainly wrote : " I give it decidedly as 
my opinion that it is vain to think that an army can 



FIRST NEW HAMPSHIRE REGIMENT. 73 

be kept together much longer under such a variety of 
sufferings as ours has experienced, and that unless some 
immediate and spirited measures are adopted to fur- 
nish at least three months' pay to the troops in money 
that will be of some value to them, and at the same 
time provide means to clothe and feed them better than 
they have been, the worst that can befall us may be 
expected." 

" The legislatures of ~New Hampshire and Massa- 
chusetts nobly responded," says Sparks, "to this call, 
and immediately voted a gratuity of twenty-four dol- 
lars in hard money to each of the noncommissioned 
officers and soldiers belonging to those states who 
were engaged to serve for the war." 

During the ensuing summer the military operations 
were active and important, in many of which this 
regiment bore a full share. But by far the most 
important was the great march to Virginia and the 
capture of Cornwallis and his whole army at York- 
town. 

I have not been able to give any detailed account of 
the doings of the l^ew Hampshire regiments in the 
great strategic marches and movements, or in the 
battles which resulted in this great victory and the 
consequences that followed from it. 

The war culminated then and it mainly closed the 
battles of the Revolution. Here the regiment met 
with a great loss in the death of its commander, 
10 



74 HISTORY OF THE 

Alexander Scammell. He was appointed in 1777, 
colonel of the Third JSTew Hampshire regiment, 
which belonged to the same brigade as the other two ; 
and when on the 1st of January, 1781, his regiment 
and the Second were merged in the First, he suc- 
ceeded Col. Cilley as commander. He had the 
year previous been adjutant general of the army, 
but early in this year, took command of the regiment. 
At the time he was captured he was acting officer 
of the day. A monument was erected to his memory 
at Williamsburg on which was the following inscrip- 
tion, written by his friend Col. Humphreys : 

ALEXANDER SCAMMELL, 

Adjutant general of the American armies, and 
colonel of the First New Hampshire regiment, while 
he commanded a chosen corp of light infantry, at the 
successful sfege of Yorktown in Virginia, was in the 
gallant performance of his duty as field ofiicer of the 
day, unfortunately captured and afterwards insidiously 
wounded, of which wound he expired at Williams- 
burg, Oct. 6, 1781. 

In the autumn of this year we find the regiment 
returned to the banks of the Hudson, under the com- 
mand of Lt. Col. Dearborn, while its first colonel was 
now a brigadier in the line and the commanding 
general. 

It was designed to send the two New Hampshire 
regiments up the Mohawk to relieve Col. Willet's troops, 
whoso time had expired. 



FIRST NEW HAMPSHIRE REGIMENT. 75 

On December 5th they were waiting to receive cloth- 
ing which was to be forwarded by the great financier, 
Robert Morris. 

On the 12th Gen. Stark wrote to Gen. Heath as 
follows : 

"I am sorry to hear that any troops suffer more than 
these in this quarter (our enemies excepted), but since 
some are more wretched we must submit to our fate 
like good soldiers. I am sure it is not practicable 
for the troops that are here to go to the Mohawk 
river until they are clothed. Indeed I am obliged to 
detain the six months' men to do the necessary camp 
duty on account of the nakedness of the Continental 
troops. 

" In the last duty report, only thirty-six ' three years 
and during the war ' men, including sergeants, were fit 
for duty in the two regiments. The remainder are so 
naked that they cannot procure fuel for their own use. 

" If there is a possibility of sending some blankets, 
shirts, overalls, stockings and shoes, they might afford 
a temporary relief, and I dare say they would prove 
satisfactory. 

" My predictions in my last were realized, on the 
evening of the 10th instant the troops mutinied, but 
by seasonable interposition of the officers it was quelled 
very easily. 

"But this may be but a prelude to an insurrection of 
a more serious nature." 



76 HISTORY OF THE 

About this time Gen. Heath writes to Gen. Stark: 

" The soldiers will receive ample supplies of clothing, 
but it will be late before it is all ready. The paymasters 
of the New Hampshire regiments have drawn shoes, 
hose and some overalls, shirts, etc., for the most 
necessitous men. These will be conveyed to Albany 
in a few days when all the detachments will join their 
corps." 

The regiment wintered in detachments at Saratoga, 
Schenectady and the neighboring posts. At tliis time 
the difficulties between New York and Vermont were 
at their height and a condition little short of actual 
war existed between them, while Gen. Stark thought 
New Hampshire ought to settle the difficulty by claim- 
ing the territory it had formerly granted and holding it. 

In April, 1782, Washington established his head 
quarters at Newburg, where he continued most of the 
time, till nearly all the army was discharged. 

In the autumn the army, which had mainly all 
been encamped at Verplanck's point, marched up 
and was hutted at New Windsor, two miles below 
Washington's quarters, and here or in the neighbor- 
hood our regiment spent the winter of 1782 and the 
following year. 

These were months of repose, the war was over, their 
long weary marches and months of privations were past, 
the battles had been fought, the great cause for which 
they had so long contended was gained, and they could 
look forward to peace and prosperity. 



FIRST NEW HAMPSHIRE REGIMENT. 77 

But the definitive treaty had not been signed, and the 
British army still held New York. Under these circum- 
stances Washington recommended that the army should 
still be retained, and so they remained till November, 
when the British commander notified Washington that 
he was ready to evacuate the city of New York, which 
he soon did; and Washington entered it the same day, 
and during that month nearly all of our troops were 
disbanded. 

But for some reason the First New Hampshire regi- 
ment, which had long before included the remaining 
officers and soldiers of the Second and Third, and was, 
therefore, the sole representative of the New Hampshire 
line, remained. Why they should have been the last, or 
at least among the very last, to lay down their arms we^ 
are not able to state. The pay rolls show that they 
were encamped on the Hudson at or near New Wind- 
sor during the month of December, 1783, and there is 
but little doubt they were disbanded January 1st, 1784 ; 
and assuming that it was a continuous corps from April, 
1775, it shows a service of eight years and eight months. 
Can any other regiment from any state show so long 
a record? A regiment is always a changing body, 
and usually a diminishing one, and we cannot expect to 
find more than a few names on the last roll to corre- 
spond with the first one: still there are a few among 
the officers, and more among the men who could say 
they had followed its fortunes from its inception to its 
close. 



78 HISTORY OF THE 

I find that during the last two years, and after war 
was mainly over, many new names of ofiicers are found 
on the rolls. Those were no doubt from the Second 
regiment who, with the enlisted men, were transferred 
to the First. Lt. Col. Dearborn must have retired from 
the command early in the spring of 1783, for Major 
Scott was acting commander in March ^nd Lt. Col. 
Reid in May, and he contiuued till the end of that 
year. During one of the last years of the war, while 
•the New Hampshire forces were encamped at New 
Windsor, the New York troops received a grant of 
land from the legislature of that state. When the 
New Hampshire forces caused a petition to be drawn 
up to that legislature asking for a similar grant, for 
,the reason that they had done as much as their own 
soldiers for the defense of New York, and was equally 
deserving of land, of which the state had an abund- 
ance while their own state had none, the signers were 
very numerous, Gen. Stark being at the head ; but 
they did not obtain their object. The document is, or 
was, to be found among the Schuyler papers. 

It has often been asserted that many of the ofiicers 
and soldiers of the revolution were paid in a depre- 
ciated currency and so never received what they were 
entitled to. A close examination of Paymaster Blake's 
records will show that this statement, so far as this 
regiment was concerned, is incorrect. It is true that 
between January, 1777 and July, 1781, the currency 
depreciated from par to nearly nothing, and during 



FIRST NEW HAMPSHIRE REGIMENT. 79 

the three years first named, much of the payments 
must have been in this currency ; but in 1781 the legis- 
lature passed an act to equalize the depreciation 
for each month. The rolls with the allowances is still 
extant, with the sums due each man, to make the pay 
he received equal to good money, and after this period 
they were paid in hard money or government certifi- 
cates ; but these w^ere often disposed of at a large dis- 
count, though a large part of the community suffered in 
this depreciation as well as the soldiers. In conse- 
quence of the great demand for men during the war to 
fill the quota assigned to the towns they often paid large 
sums, sometimes in silver, to the enlisting soldiers, and 
when we consider the gratuities paid by the states and 
the pensions granted by the act of 1818, and subse- 
quently, we must allow that, considering the condition 
of the country and the almost universal sufferings of 
all classes during and after the revolution, the soldiers, 
as a class, could not complain. 

The scale of depreciation before referred to may be 
useful for reference, and is given on the next page. It 
will be seen that in January, 1777, it was worth nearly 
par with silver ; in something over four years it had 
reached nearly to zero. It is a curious fact that a 
comparison of the money issued by the late rebel 
government shows its rate of depreciation was very 
similar, and reached the same value in just about the 
same time. 



80 



HISTORY OF THE 



Scale of Depreciation. 



1777. 


1778. 


1779. 


1780. 


£104 


£325 


£742 


£2984 


110 


350 


868 


3322 


106 


375 


1000 


8789 


110 


400 


1104 


4000 


114 


400 


1215 


4800 


120 


425 


1342 


5700 


125 


450 


1477 


6000 


150 


475 


1630 


6800 


175 


500 


1800 


6500 


275 


545 


2030 


6700 


300 


684 


2308 


7000 


310 


620 


2393 


7300 



1781. 



January, . . 
February, . , 
March,. ... 

April, , 

May, 

June, 

July, 

August, . . . , 
September, 
October, . . , 
November, . 
December, 



£7500 
7500 
7500 
7500 
7500 

12000 



It may be interesting to many to know the arrange- 
ment and numbers that constituted a regiment, and how 
the rank and pay of the officers compared with those of 
the present day. To do this we compile and print some 
of the paymasters' reports at different times as exam- 
ples. This shows that the field officers had each a 
company,^ This is still the practice in the English array, 
where a general has a regiment commanded by a lieu- 
tenant colonel, and the lieutenant colonel a company, 
etc. This is for the purpose of drawing the pay of a 
subaltern officer in addition to their own ; but in this 
regiment they do not seem to have received additional 
pay, and after 1781 the form seems to have been aban- 
doned. At one period one of the companies were 
styled a light infantry company. There were some 
half ranks, as we occasionally meet with a "captain 
lieutenant " and occasionally " second lieutenant " which 
did not correspond to ensign. 



FIRST NEW HAMPSHIRE REGIMENT. 81 

The subjoined list shows the number of companies 
and men, with the names of their commanders during 
1780 and 1782 : 

Abstract of the Roll of the First New Hamjyshire Regiment, 

for 1780. 

No. 
of Men. 
Colonel's comi^any, Capt. Simou Sortvvell, 47 

Lieutenant colonel's company, Lieut. Daniel Clapp, comd'g, . 37 

Major's company, Capt. Moody Dustin, .' . . . 46 

Cai^t. Amos Morrell's company, 57 

Capt. Jason Wait's company, 42 

. Capt. Amos Emerson's company, 39 

Capt. Ebenezer Frye's company, 41 

Capt. Isaac Farwell's company, 40 

Capt. Nathaniel Hutcliin's company, 45 

Whole number of enlisted men, 394 

During the year 1782 there were nine companies, viz : 

Enlisted 
Men. 
No. one was commanded by Capt. Josiah Munroe, had 62 



No. two " 
No. three " 
No. four " 
No. five " 
No. six " 
No. seven " 
No. eight " 
No. nine " 



by Capt. Ebenezer Frye, 60 

by Capt. Isaac Farwell, 56 

by Capt. Daniel Livemiore, 53 

by Capt. Isaac Frye, 57 

by Capt. Asa Senter, 56 

by Capt. Moody Dustin, 52 

by Capt. Jona. Cass, 50 

by Capt. Benj. Ellis, 56 



502 

These numbers constitute all whose names were 
borne on the roll for the year. Of those a few died, 
some deserted, and some were discharged. Against 
these were some joining ir\ every month, particularly 
during the months of April and July. So it is doubtful 
if there were at any time four hundred and fifty effec- 
tive men. There were nine captains, nine lieutenants 

and one ensign on the rolls during that year. 
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85 



On the roll, dated Dec. 31st, 1782, are to be found 
the names of the following officers not on the former 
rolls. Most of them had been transferred from the 
Third regiment when that was merged in the First and 
Second regiments. 



When 
Commenced. 


Names. 


Rank, &c. 


Jan. 1, 1781, 


Alexander Scammell, 


Col. died Oct. 6,1781. 


Jan. 1, 1781, 


Henry Dearborn, 


Lieutenant Colonel. 


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ant, Oct. 6, 1781. 


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May 12, 1781, 


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Jan. 1, 1781, 


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Drum Major. 


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John Scott, 


Fife Major. 



The following additional names are of persons who 
served during some part of the year 1783. It is sup- 
posed they were transferred from the Second regiment : 
George Keid, Lieut. Col. commandant ; Amos Merrill, 
Major; James Cass, Major; Samuel Cheny, Captain; 
Joseph Potter, Captain; Joseph Boynton, Lieutenant; 
Caleb Blodgett, Lieutenant ; James Blanchard, Lieu- 
tenant; Lemuel Mason, Lieutenant ; Ebenezer Stock- 
ton, Surgeon ; David Allen, Surgeon's Mate. 



86 HISTORY OF THE 



Allowance to Officers. 

''Dr. The Unital States 

To the Officers of the First New Hamjishire Regiment. 

For subsistence for September, 1783, [tliis was iu lieu of 
rations.] 

To 1 Lieut. Col. commandant & two servants, . $32 00 

1 Major and 1 servant, ... 20 00 

5 Captains @ $12, 60 00 

8 Subalterns, @ $8, .... 64 00 

1 Surgeon and servant, . . . . 16 00 



$192 00 



To the above was appended the following as the list 
of officers. This is the only list I have been able to find 
for that year, and it is likely that they continued till the 
regiment was finally disbanded at the close of that year, 
as it was certainly at or near New Windsor on the 
Hudson, October, 7th, 1783 : 

Col. Reid, Lieuts. Boynton, 

Maj. Carr, Blodgett, 

Capts. Livermore, Howe, 

Frye, Mcnow, 

Dustin, • Thompson, 

Senter, Bacon, 

Potter, Adams, 
Doctor Stockton. 

[Col. Dearborn and Maj. Scott liad tlien retired as the war 
was over.] 



FIRST NEW HAMPSHIRE REGIMENT. 



87 



In an account rendered for the pay of the regiment 
for Jan., 1783, the following is the number of commis- 
sioned and noncommissioned officers allowed for a 
regiment, as also the then number of privates. From 
this amount is deducted for deficiency of officers, two 
lieutenants, nine ensigns, thirteen sergeants, four cor- 
porals, four drummers and two hundred and thirty- 
four privates. So there was in fact only four hundred 
and forty-eight rank and file in the regiment at that 
date. 

The following shows the pay of officers and men 
which was not changed during the war: 



1 Lieut. Col. commandant, pr montli, 


$75 


2 Majors at $50. 


100 


9 Captains @ $40, 


360 


12 Lieuts. (a) $26f , 


320 


9 Ensigns @ $20, 


180 


1 Surgeon @ .... 


65 


1 do. Mate, .... 


45 


Additional pay of Adjutant and Qr. 




Masters, 


26 


Do. of Pay Master, 


30 $1201 


1 Sergeant Major and 1 Qr. Master 




Sergeant @ $10, 


20 


1 Drum Major and 1 Fife Major 




@$9, .... 


18 


45 Sergeants, @ $10, 


450 


27 Corporals @ $7 J, . 


1981 


20 Drummers and Fifers @ 7i, 


1461 


585 Privates, @ $6f , 


3900 




47321 



$59331 



88 HISTORY OF THE 

The following receipts show that the regiment was 
still in service as late as up to January 1st, 1784. I 
find no evidence that the regiment was extant at a 
later period. It was no doubt discharged at that time : 

Received of Thomas Blake Pay Master twenty Dollars for tlie 
subsistence of myself and one servant for December, 1783. 

James Cass, Major. 

Received of Thomas Blake twelve Dollars each for our subsist- 
ence for December, 1783. 

D. LiVERMORE, Capt. Moody Dustin, Capt. 
Jos. Potter, Capt. Isaac Frye, Capt. 

There is a similar one for the same month signed by 

J. BoYNTON, Adjt. Oliver Barron, Lt. 
J. Thompson, Lt. Bez'^ Howe, Lt. 

J. Adams, Lt. T. Morrow, Lt. 



FIRST NEW HAMPSHIRE REGIMENT. 



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90 TITSTOKY OF THE 

GENERAL JOHN STARK. 

Few officers of the revolution have received so much 
biographical attention as Gen. Stark, and, although 
he was often disposed to disregard the arrangements of 
his superior officers and of his state authorities, he 
always retained his popularity with his soldiers and the 
people. 

John Stark was born at Londonderry, in New Hamp- 
shire, August 28th, 1728. He was the son of Archi- 
bald Stark, who was born at Glasgow, in Scotland, in 
1697, and received his education at the university in 
that city. At an early age he removed with his father 
and fiimily to Londonderry, in L-eland, where he 
married ; and in 1720 he embarked with a company for 
'New Hampshire, where many of his countrymen were 
then located; and he finally settled a short distance 
above Amoskeag Falls, in what is now the city of Man- 
chester. He died in 1758. 

John Stark resided with his father till he was twenty- 
four years of age. That region was a frontier, and he 
was brought up in a school of hardship and exposure. 
In 1752, while on a branch of the upper Merriraac,he 
was taken prisoner by the Indians and carried to the 
St. Francis village, from whence he was ransomed, and 
returned home. In the French war from 1755 to the 
conquest of Canada, John Stark was most of the time 
in service, and as captain of a compan}' of rangers 
he did deeds of valor that brought praise from the 



FIRST NEW HAMPSHIRE REGIMENT. 91 

Britisli officers, where jealousy of the provincials was 
extreme. 

The experience of Stark in the French war had well 
fitted him to take a leading part in the revolution, and 
when the doings of the British on the 19th of April, 
1775, reached him, he immediately started for the scene 
of war, calling on the people to volunteer as he proceeded. 
When he reached Cambridge he had with him a consider- 
able force from his province, many of whom looked to 
him as their leader. In a few days it was decided to 
organize these men into regiments, and he was soon at 
the head of a regiment of fourteen companies. This 
regiment he led at the battle of Bunker hill, of which 
he was one of the heroes, and where he won the praise 
and gratitude of his country. He continued with his 
regiment near Boston till the evacuation of the British 
forces in March, 1776. Afterwards he marched to J^ew 
York and by way of Albany to Canada, where he was 
for a time in command of Montreal. After the retreat 
from Canada, his command returned to Crown point 
and soon after to Ticonderoga, where Col. Stark was in 
command of a brigade. From this place he marched for 
Pennsylvania, where he was under the direct command 
of Washington. Here he contributed to the capture of 
the Hessians at Princeton, the result of which, happening 
at a time of great gloom and depression, filled the 
hearts of the patriots with hope and jo}?. 

As the time for which his regiment had enlisted had 
previously expired, he, with his regiment, returned to 



92 HISTORY OF THE 

enter at once into the arrangement by his state to raise 
three regiments for the Continental service for three 
years, or the war ; and he was appointed the commander 
of the First, while Cols. Poor and Scammell were to 
command the other two. In March, 1777, the regi- 
ment had been organized and part of it on the way to 
Ticonderoga, while he repaired to Exeter to complete the 
final arrangements, where he learned that Col. Poor had 
been promoted to a brigadier, thus being under the com- 
niiind of one he deemed his junior ; and taking umbrage 
at this, he resigned the command of the regiment and 
returned home. Perhaps this was after all, providential ; 
forwhen the alarm, consequent on the capture of Ticon- 
deroga came to his state, he was appointed by the legis- 
lature to command their troops, and his popularity, no 
doubt, did much to arouse the people to the necessity of 
immediate action. Being independent of the control 
of the Continental officers, he managed things in his own 
way, and the success at Bennington was the result. He 
was also in command of a large force from his own 
state, and assisted in the victory over Burgoyne at Sara- 
toga. As congress had appointed Stark a brigadier in 
the regular army, he was ordered into service at Albau}^, 
and afterwards at West Point, where he was on the 
court martial which condemned Andre to death as a 
spy. In the spring he was in command of the northern 
department with his head quarters at Saratoga, which he 
held for that year. During 1782, he was confined at 
home with the rheumatism, and did not join the army 



FIEST NEW HAilPSHIRE REGIMENT. 93 

till the spring of 1783. With the close of the war he 
resigned his commission and returned home, where he 
died May 8th, 1822. Gen. Stark has been the subject of 
much biography and almost unlimited praise; and far 
be it from, me to cast any shadow over one so patriotic and 
brave, and who contributed so much to the glory of 
his country ; but be had his faults. Like many self-reliant 
men, he washeadstrong in the extreme. In his difficulty 
Avith Gen. Folsom, as mentioned on another page, be 
was altogether wrong, as Folsom fairly outranked him, 
and it was not a time to indulge in a jealous feeling. 
Again, when Poor was made a brigadier, it was his duty 
as an officer and a patriot to submit; and when at the 
close of the war he had drawn the pay of his chajDlain 
and refused to pay it over, and after years of waiting, it 
could only be recovered by an act of the legislature, it 
showed he was not guided by a spirit of justice and 
honor. 

In this meagre sketch of one whose whole life 
would fill a volume, it is only possible to give an out- 
line, whicb I have drawn mainly from his memoir by 
his grandson, to which work I would recommend any 
one desirous of perusing a life of Gen. Stark; and if 
I have been obliged to criticise his course, it has been 
done only from a desire to truthfully give very briefly 
the life of the first commander of the regiment, whose 
history is now detailed. 



94 HISTORY OF TIIK 

COLONEL JOSEPH CILLEY 

Was the son of Capt. Joseph Cilley, who was son of 
Thomas Cilley. He was born at Nottingham, N. H., 
in 1734. Married in 1756, Sarali Longfellow, daugh- 
ter of Jonatlian Longfellow. They had six sons who 
lived to manhood. Their names were: Bradbury, 
Jonathan, Greenleaf, Daniel, Jacob and Horatio Gates ; 
also three daughters, who were married. A grandson 
of Col. Joseph Cilley (son of Bradbury), is now living 
in Nottingham. He was an officer in the war of 1812, 
and was w^ounded in an engagement. He earned a 
reputation for energy and bravery, and at the age of 
eighty, is still (1868), smart, hale and hearty. He has 
been United States senator, and held other offices. 
Col. Cilley was one of the zealous patriots who made 
the attack on Fort "William and Mary (Portsmouth 
harbor), in 1774, and assisted to carry off the cannon 
and powder. 

Upon the news of the battle at Lexington rftaching 
him, he marched from Nottingham for the scene of 
action at the head of about a hundred volunteers 
belonging to that town and the vicinity. He was 
appointed by the legislature of New Hampshire, a 
major in Col. Poor's regiment. As this regiment was 
engaged in the defense of their own state, he did not 
participate in the battle of Bunker hill. "Wlien it 
was decided to form the three regiments of the New 
Hampshire line, authorized by congress. Col. Stark 



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FIRST NEW HAMPSHIRE REGIMENT. 95 

was appointed to the command of the First, and Maj. 
Cilley was appointed lieutenant colonel. 

This arrangement was made, as the regimental 
ledger records, Nov. 8th, 1776, but the pay roll shows 
it was not perfected till Jan. 1st, 1777. It was proba- 
ble that the winter was employed in recruiting and 
arranging for active duty in the spring; it is not likely 
that it marched before the first of May. Early in this 
year. Col. Stark resigned in consequence of Col. Poor's 
promotion to a brigadier, and on the 22d of February, 
Lt. Cob Cilley was appointed colonel of the First New 
Hampshire regiment in the line. I shall not under- 
take to give here an account of his marches, campaigns 
and battles, through which he passed in the following 
four years, so eventful in the history of our country, as 
the journal gives the outlines; and the deficiency of 
papers and documents relating to Col. Cilley and his 
oificers makes any connected account of their personal 
history impossible ; but I gather from various sources 
sufiicient to show that he proved a brave, patriotic and 
efiicient otficer, always prompt to duty, careful of his 
men, and winning the approbation of his commanders, 
as also the confidence of his own ofiicers and soldiers. 
The following account s of Col. Cilley and his son are 
mainly taken from printed works, and are, no doubt, 
perfectly reliable : 

When Col. Cilley marched from home he took with 
him his second son, Jonathan, who was probably less 
than fifteen years old. This was very common at 



96 HISTORY OF THE 

that time, and, no doubt, was often found very useful. 
When the sudden march from Ticonderoga took place 
this young man was taken prisoner; and, as he was a 
mere boy, the captor learning who he was, took him to 
Gen. Burgoyne, who ordered that he should be treated 
kindly, and provided with a pass to join his father. 
He also ordered that he might select from the captured 
baggage of the Americans, which was immense, any 
articles of clothing he might wish. He therefore took 
the best looking coat he could find. It proved to belong 
to Maj. Hull (afterwards the celebrated Gen. Hull). 
He was also furnished with an old horse and a pair of 
saddle bags filled with Burgoyne's proclamations to 
convey to his father. On reaching the regiment, he 
found it on parade, with his father in front. The 
colonel seized one of the proclamations, and having 
read it, ordered tliem all to be torn in pieces, and said, 
" Thus will the British army be scattered." During this 
same disastrous retreat, at night, when everything was 
in confusion, Gen. Kosciusko, not being able to find 
his own horse, took the first that came in his way. It 
belonged to Adjutant Stark, who, not finding his horse 
where he left it, proceeded on foot till daylight, when 
he discovered the Polish general mounted upon his 
horse and demanded his property, which the other 
refused to give up. Kosciusko was very impulsive, 
and liigh words ensued. The adjutant demanded satis- 
faction, while the general replied, that " a subaltern is 
not of sufficient rank to meet a brifiradier general." 



FIRST NEW HAMPSHIRE REGIMENT. 97 

" If he is not," said a person coming up on foot, " I am. 
This* officer is, general, my adjutant, the horse is his 
property, and his demand is aproper one." " Ah, Col. 
Cilley," replied the general, " if that is the case I will 
give up the horse." The adjutant recovered his horse; 
but in half an hour afterward. Col. Cilley, who had 
lost his own horse, said, " Stark, I am tired, you must 
lend me your horse," which was of course complied 
with. The retreat from Ticonderoga, and the summer 
campaign on the upper part of the Hudson river, was 
a trying time to the regiment and its officers. The 
great battle which resulted in the capture of Bur- 
goyne and his army took place on the 17th of Octo- 
ber ; here Col. Cilley distinguished himself, and 
received the thanks of his commanding general. 
The part which Col. C. took in this battle mil be 
noticed in the doings of the regiment on that eventful 
day, as also in the battle of Monmouth, Stony point, 
and others. 

As the three regiments, comprising the New Hamp- 
shire line, had, by casualties and other causes resulting 
from active service in the field, become much dimin- 
ished, congress ordered that the three regiments should, 
on the 1st of June, 1781, be merged into two, and the 
excess of officers caused by this arrangement should 
be " deranged, " a military term perhaps meaning 
retired. How the lot to retire should have fallen to 

Col. Cilley is not known, but perhaps his regiment was 
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98 HISTORY OF THE 

then less in number than either of the others, and so 
his retirement became necessary. His name on the 
roll ceases from this date, and that of Alexander Scam- 
mell appears as his successor, to meet a glorious death 
after commanding the regiment for about nine months. 
On leaving his command, he returned to enjoy the 
comforts of home, after an absence of over five and a 
half years. It is not likely that Col. Cilley was again in 
active service during the war, and the anecdote of his 
punishing a British officer who had insulted him in 
New York, after peace, as stated in the Life of Starky 
p. 337, is no doubt erroneous. 

The following is the only letter I have been able to 
find from Col. Cilley. It shows that he was then re- 
siding at his home, and I think had been there since 
Jan., 1781: 

" Nottingham, June 9, 1783. 
"Dear Sir: As I understand that you are to be settled 
within camp by the paymaster general, I suppose that 
the returned rations for the year '80, will also be 
settled. If so I shall be greatly obliged to you to settle 
mine as the rest is settled and deliver the same to Lt. 
Cilley who will give you a receipt for the same. As 
to news we have none here, only the glorious news of 
peace. All our money has vanished and there is the 
greatest cry for money and corn that I have seen in 
my day but I hope for better times. My best compli- 



FIRST NEW HAMPSHIRE REGIMENT. 99 

ments to all tlie gentlemen of your line. "With due 
respect I am sir, 

" Your humble servant, 

"Jos. CiLLEY. 
•'To Lt. Thomas Blake, 

" Pay Master to the New Hampsliire Regiment, 

" New Winsor, N. Y." 

On tlie 22d of June, 1786, he was appointed first 
major general of the New Hampshire militia, and also 
served the state in various civil capacities. Previous 
to the war he had been a self-made lawyer and was 
much employed by his townsmen and others, but after 
his return home he always declined to serve them in 
this capacity, and advised to compromise their law- 
suits. Belknap says he was a man of temperance, 
economy and great industry. His judgment was sound, 
with strong passions he was yet frank and humane. 
In politics he was a decided republican, a supporter 
of the administration of Mr. Jefferson. 

He died of the colic Aug., 1799, aged 64 years. 



100 HISTORY OF THE 



COL. HENRY DEARBORN 

Was a descendant of Godfrey Dearborn, who came 
from England and settled at Exeter, where the 
colonel was born in March, 1751. He studied medi- 
cine with Dr. Hall of Portsmouth, and settled at Not- 
tingham. When the news announcing the action at 
Lexington arrived he marched for Cambridge the same 
day. 

He was appointed a captain in Stark's regiment, and 
participated in the battle of Bunker hill. In Septem- 
ber he accompanied Arnold in the expedition through 
the wilderness to Quebec, where he was taken prisoner. 
The next May he was permitted to return home, via 
Halifax, on his parole. He was exchanged in March 
following, and was appointed a major in Col. Scam- 
mell's regiment, and in May proceeded to Ticonderoga. 
He fought with his regiment at Saratoga, where he was 
particularly noticed in Gen. Gates's dispatch for his 
energy and bravery. He remained with his regiment 
till the reorganization of the New Hampshire line, Jan. 
1st, 1781, when he was made a lieutenant colonel in 
the first regiment, and on the death of his commander, 
Col. Scammell, he was promoted to the command of 
the regiment with the rank of lieutenant colonel 
commandant and so continued till his corps waS dis- 
banded about Jan. 1st, 1784. In that year he settled 
on the Kennebec in Maine. In 1789, he was appointed 
marshal of that district, and on the accession of Jeffer- 



FIRST NEW HAMPSHIRE REGIMENT. IQl 

son to the presidency in 1801 he was made secretary 
of war, which office he held with honor for eight years, 
when he was made collector of Boston. 

In Feb., 1812, he received a commission from the 
president as major general in the army of the United 
States. In the spring of the next year he captured York 
and Fort George, but was recalled and ordered to 
assume the command of the military district of JSTew 
York city. When peace was declared he retired to 
private life. In 1822 he was appointed minister to 
Portugal, where he remained about two years, when he 
returned and ever after resided with his son. Gen. 
Henry Alexander Scammell Dearborn, at Roxbury, 
where he died in May, 1826. 

[The above has been compiled from Allen's Bio- 
graphical Dictionary.'] 

To this I append the copy of a letter, from which it 
is inferred he was in company with others engaged in 
purchasing soldiers' orders or certificates, not always 
successfully : 

" Exeter, July 7, 1783. 
" Sir : I have got the thickest of the notes, but there 
is a considerable number of blanks, some of which I 
have thought of sending on to you, but I suppose the 
devl's have given orders for their '82 pay to somebody 
on the spot, but I wish you to examine the muster, and 
bring or send on the time William Heath engaged 
and Ephriam Blood and Jonathan Basson and when 



102 HISTORY OF THE 

Keys Bradley and John Matthews joined from deser- 
tion as I cannot get their notes until I get those returns. 
Pray get the commanding officer to certify the same. I 
have hard scrabbling. Orders from all quarters flow in 
and the prior dates carry the day by which means we 

have lost several. 

" I am your Obedient Servant, 

"H. Dearborn. 

" To Lt. Mills or Blake in Camp. 

" P. S. Numbers of the men appear here before the 
committee and swear by all the Gods that they never 
signed any order." 



COL. ALEXANDER SCAMMELL 
Was born in that part of the ancient town of Men- 
don, now Milford, Mass. He graduated at Harvard 
College in 1769, and was employed a short time in 
teaching a school at Kingston, Mass., and afterwards at 
Plymouth, where he was made a member of the Old 
Colony Club, which about that time held the first cele- 
bration of the landing of the Pilgrims at that place. 

Early the next year he was at Portsmouth, where, 
under the auspices of a cousin of the same name in the 
employment of the government, he entered upon the 
business of surveying and exploring lands, probably 
for masts and other timber for the royal navy. This 
was about 1772. 



FIRST NEW HAMPSHIRE REGIMENT. 103 

In an interval of his occupation he kept a school at 
Berwick, and at one time entered on the study of law 
with Gen. Sullivan, whom he styles an excellent in- 
structor and worthy patron. He afterwards assisted 
Capt. Holland in making surveys for his map of 'New 
Hampshire. In August, 1772, he was serving on board 
the sloop Lord Chatham, hound from Pascataqua river 
to Boston to send reports and plans to England. 

Having been a student with Gen, Sullivan, and being 
an ardent patriot when his instructor was appointed a 
brigadier in 1775, he did not forget his pupil, but 
obtained for him the appointment of brigade major. 
When the Kew Hampshire regiments were reorganized 
under the act of congress, Nov., 1776, Maj. Scammell 
was appointed colonel of Reid's old regiment to be 
called the Third regiment in the Kew Hampshire line. 
The first notice I find of him is the order from the 
committee of safety, dated Feb. 25, '77, to send forward 
part or the whole of his regiment to Ticonderoga, as 
soon as possible. It is not our purpose to follow his 
career the four years of his service in the other regi- 
ments of the New Hampshire line, till by the consolida- 
tion of his regiment with the other two, he succeeded 
Col. Cilley in command of the First regiment, Jan. 1st, 
1781. 

Previously he held the ofiice of adjutant general of 
the Continental army, in which he is said to have won 
the confidence of Gen. Washington to the fullest ex- 
tent, and the esteem of the ofiicers of his army. 



104 HISTORY OF THE 

It lias been generally supposed that at the time of 
his death he held no regimental command, but his 
name is borne on the roll of the First regiment from 
Jan. 1, 1781, till he was killed Oct. 6th, 1781, as colo- 
nel, while Henry Dearborn is ranked as lieutenant 
colonel. On the memorable siege of Yorktown, Va,, 
Sept. 30th, he was officer of the day, and, while recon- 
noitering the situation of the enemy, was surprised by a 
party of their horse, and after being taken prisoner 
was inhumanly wounded by them. He was conveyed 
to the city of Williamsburg, where he died October 
6th. A monumental tablet was erected to his memory. 
The above notice is in part compiled from Farmer and 
Moore's Collections, vol. ir, p. 166. 

In examining some manuscripts relative to military 
matters at Halifax, K S., in 1757, I find the name of 
Alexander Scammell. He was probably an artisan, and 
perhaps the father of the colonel. 



LIEUT. COL. BENJAMIN TITCOMB 
Was from Dover. He was one of the most gallant 
men in the army. He was a captain in Col. Poor's 
regiment, and a major in Col. Reid's regiment. He 
was in the battle of Ilubbardton, where he was severely 
wounded. He succeeded Jeremiah Oilman as lieuten- 
ant colonel of this regiment, March 24, 1780, and was 
"deranged"^ June 1, 1781. He left an honorable 



'M('iiiiiii<>' retired. 



FIRST NEW HAMPSHIRE REGIMENT. 105 

record in the invalid pension list, viz : " May 14, 1784, 
Major Benjamin Titcomb of Col. Reid's regiment 
wounded in three different battles, for half pay from 
Jan. 1, 1781, to Jan. 1st, 1782, 12 months, £7 lOs., £90." 



LIEUT. COL. JEREMIAH GILMAN 
Was of Epsom. On the reorganization of the regi- 
ment, Jan. 1, 1777, he was appointed major, and on the 
promotion of Cilley to the chief command, Gilman was 
made lieutenant colonel. He resigned in March, 1780. 
A search for any further notice of him has proved 
abortive. 



SURGEON NATHANIEL GARDINER 
Succeeded Surgeon Hale in June, 1780. He resigned 
March 1, 1782. A letter from him dated East Hamp- 
ton, in 1783, may indicate his residence after the war. 



MAJOR WILLIAM SCOTT 
Was an officer of great energy and bravery, and no 
doubt his exertions and character did much towards 
giving efficiency to the regiment under all its difficul- 
ties. 
He was the son of Alexander Scott, one of the earliest 

settlers of Peterborough, who went there as early as 
14 



106 HISTORY OF THE 

1742, but while preparing a residence, he left his wife at 
Townsend, where William was born May, 1743. His 
parents were of the Scotch-Irish stock, a hardy, brave 
people, who contributed not a little to aid the cause of 
freedom. At the early age of seventeen William Scott 
enlisted in Goffe's regiment which was raised in New 
Hampshire in 1760, and aided in the conquest of 
Canada. At the alarm consequent on Concord fight, 
he, with many of his townsmen, left their homes for the 
scene of conflict, and, proceeding on from Concord to 
Cambridge, he was made a lieutenant in Col. Reid's 
regiment. At the battle of Bunker hill, early in 
the action he was wounded, his leg being broken 
just below the knee ; but he continued coolly passing 
musket balls and handing them to his soldiers. This 
was necessary, as many of the pieces were only of the 
smallest calibre, and most of the bullets were too 
large. When the retreat was ordered he was among 
the hindmost, and was again wounded in the thigh and 
body, and, bleeding from four orifices, fainted, and was 
left on the field. When he came to himself a British 
soldier was standing over him, with his bayonet, and 
asking with an oath, if he did not deserve to be killed. 
" I am in your power do as you please " was the reply. 
He was taken in charge by a British ofiicer, and re- 
mained on the field all night. The next morning he 
was removed to Boston, and thence to Halifax, where he 
with many other prisoners were confined. With a gim- 
let, a bayonet and an old knife, furnished by a friend 



FIRST NEW HA]MPSHmE REGIMENT. 107 

from the outside, he, with six of his comrades, broke 
through a door, and, by the further assistance of the same 
friend, they got on board a small vessel, and reached 
home in August. He soon rejoined the army near l^ew 
York, and was one of the garrison of Fort Washington 
when that was taken ; but the night after, tying his 
sword to his neck and his watch to his hat band, he 
swam a mile and a half, to near Fort Lee, being the 
only one that escaped. He was soon promoted to a 
captaincy in Col. Henry's, a Massachusetts regiment, 
but preferring a position in a New Hampshire regiment 
he accepted a captain's commission in this regiment, 
and enlisted a company mainly from Peterborough, and 
the towns in that vicinity, under the following order 
from the committee of safety : 

" Feb. 18, 1777. 

" Captain William Scott has orders to recruit a com- 
pany for Col. Stark's regiment." 

On the margin of the Ledger, as there is to nearly all 
the officers at the reorganization, are the words " en- 
gaged Xov. 8," and his pay commenced Jan. 1, 1777. 
He probably marched with his company for Ticon- 
deroga, via Number Four, in March. On the promo- 
tion of Major Oilman to lieutenant colonel, Sept. 20th, 
1777, he was made a major, which office he held for six 
years. From Aug. 1st, 1780, to July 13th, 1781, he was 
brigade major. He participated in all the battles and 
campaigns in which his regiment bore a part, and was 



108 HISTORY OF THE 

renowned everywhere for his bravery as well as his 
humanity. In an article in Farmer and Moore's Collec- 
tion^ vol. II, it is stated, that he " left the regiment and 
entered the naval service on board the Dean frigate, 
where he served to the end of the war." This is certainly 
an error, as the pay rolls, up to Jan. 1, 1783, show he 
was still holding his former position in the regiment, 
and the following letter from him written in the autumn 
to the paymaster, asking him to dispose of his horse 
which he had left at Albany, shows he must have con- 
tinued with the regiment till after peace. 

"Albany, Nov. 13th, 1783. 
" Sir : I send my horse and saddle and bridle by Mr. 
Connely. If you are not supplied he is at your service, 
at your own price. If you do not need him please to 
dispose of him, and whatever your trouble may be I 
will endeavor to reward you. Enclosed is one of [Col.] 
Beadle's certificates which if you can convert to any 
use will add to the many obligations I have already 
experienced. I am sir yours, etc., 

"Wm. Scott. 

"P. S. Please present the compliments of this family 
to John. Mrs. Scott and Mrs. Betsey present their 
best compliments to you and hope to see you in a few 
days. 

" Lieut. Thomas Blake, 

West Point." 



FIRST NEW HAMPSHIRE REGBIENT. 109 

In 1793, lie went in the suite of Gen. Lincoln to 
arrange a treaty with the Six I^Tations and other 
Indians, and his portrait is probably among the corps 
of officers and Quakers as figured in Stone's Life of 
Brant, vol. ii. 

In 1796, he was employed in surveying lands on 
Black river in northern New York. In this then remote 
wilderness the party were attacked by the lake fever, 
and he returned with a part of the sick to Fort Stanwix. 
Finding it impossible to obtain any person who would go 
to the relief of the sick who had been left in the wilder- 
ness, he determined to go himself, and though very 
feeble from the disease, and told by the physician he 
would never return alive, he replied " Some one must 
go, and my life is no better than theirs." He succeeded 
in the attempt, but his great exertion in his weak con- 
dition cost him his life. He died a few days after his 
return, at Litchfield, K. Y., Sept. 19, 1796, aged 54 
years. 



SIAJOR JA3IES CAER 

Was from Somersworth, was a captain in Col. Nathan 
Hale's regiment. This regiment was broken up at the 
battle of Hubardston. On the retreat fi-om Ticon- 
deroga, July, 1777, a considerable part of the officers 
and men were taken prisoners. 



110 HISTORY OF THE 

He was assigned to this regiment in 1783, and there- 
fore saw no active service in it. He joined the regi- 
ment March 1, 1783, and it is Ukely served till the end 
of that year. 



LIEUT. COL. REID 
Was from Londonderry. He was a captain in Col. 
Stark's regiment formed at Cambridge, April, 1775. 
Was at Bunker hill, and probably served under him 
till Jan., 1777. He was lieutenant colonel of the 
Second regiment, and afterwards its colonel. He took 
command of this regiment April, 1783, as lieutenant 
colonel commandant, and served till its dissolution. 
He was appointed a brigadier of militia 1785, and re- 
ceived the appointment of sheriff' of the county of 
Rockingham, 22 October, 1791. He died in October, 
1815, aged 81. His memory is still cherished by the 
old residents in his native town, as one who in war was 
always brave and patriotic, and in peace a kind neigh- 
bor and valuable citizen. 



FIRST NEW HAMPSHIRE REGIMENT. m 

DOCTOR JOHN HALE 
Was in early life settled in Hollis as a physician. In 
1755 he was surgeon's mate iu Col. Blanchard's N'ew 
Hampshire regiment in an expedition to Crown point 
against the French, and in 1758 he was surgeon in 
Col. Hart's regiment which was in the Crown point 
expedition of that year. 

In 1768 he was representative to the legislature from 
the associated towns of Hollis and DunstaLle, and at 
the commencement of the revolution he was colonel 
of a regiment of militia composed of the soldiers from 
Hollis and the adjoining towns in that vicinity. 

He was a member of the convention that sat at 
Exeter in April, 1775, and assisted in inaugurating the 
measures to organize the regiments that fought at 
Bunker hill, and was also in the field a large part of 
that year. 

His sister was the wife of Col. Prescott of Pepperill, 
the hero of Bunker hill, and as their residence was only 
three miles apart their intercourse was frequent and 
always friendly. During 1775 and '6 he was much 
engaged in aiding the cause by raising soldiers as well 
as assisting in the counsels of the state. On the reorgani- 
zation of the First regiment he was appointed surgeon, 
and entered on his duty May 8, 1777. It is supposed 
that most of the regiment were then at Ticonderoga or 
on the way there. He was with the regiment all 
through the campaigns and battles of that year and the 



112 HISTORY OF THE 

next, and in the expedition to the 'Indian country in 
1779, and resigned Jan. 11, 1780. Returning home, 
his influence was exerted in raising men and means 
till the end of the war. He was often a member of the 
legislature, was distinguished as a physician and had a 
large practice. He died in 1791. The following is the 
inscription on his tombstone at Hollis : 

" Erected to the memory of 

Doctor John Hale 

who was born Oct. 24, 1731, 

and died Oct. 22d, 1791. 

" How soon our new born light attains to full ag'd noon; 
And that how soon to grey haired night, 
We spring, we bud, we blossom and we blast. 
Ere we can count our days they fly so ftist." 



WILLIAM HALE 
The son of Doctor Hale, was born at Hollis, July 27, 
1762. When less than fifteen years of age he enlisted 
in this regiment as a private with the understanding 
that he was to be an aid to his father, probably occu- 
pying a position analagous to what is now termed 
hospital steward. He faithfully served through his 
term of three years. Returning home, he studied 
medicine with his father, and succeeded him as a 
physician. 

His practice was extensive in Hollis and the neigh- 



FIRST NEW HAMPSHIRE REGIMENT. 113 

boring towns. He was a man of great energy, and 
enjoyed a very robust constitution. He died in 1852, 
at the remarkable age of ninety-two. He was the 
Kestor of the regiment, having no doubt survived all 
of the some twelve hundred persons whose names are 
borne on its rolls, and his return from sei'vice seventy- 
two years. Late in life he was instrumental in aid- 
ing many of his old comrades in t)btaining pensions as 
his memory was remarkably retentive to the last. He 
was father of nine children, three of whom are still 
living. 



DOCTOR JONATHAN POOL 

Was born at Woburn, Sept. 5, 1758, was the son of 
Eleazer and Mary Pool. At the age of nineteen he 
was a student of Doctor Hale's, and by his influence 
received the appointment of assistant surgeon under 
him. He entered the service at the same date, and 
faithfully did his duty for over three years, retiring 
June 4, 1780. Making Hollis his home he soon com- 
menced the practice of his profession with a prospect 
of long continued usefulness, but died July 25th, 1797, 
aged 38. 

Among the young men from Hollis who joined this 
regiment was Ralph Emerson, son of the Rev. Mr, 
Emerson. He was then but sixteen years of age. He 

was the associate of young Hale, and they both joined 
15 



114 HISTORY OF THE 

and were discharged on the same days. With every 
prospect of usefulness he met a sudden death. 

The following is the inscription on his grave stone 
under the representation of a cannon : 

" We drop a pace, 
By nature some decay, 
And some the gusts of fortune sweep away." 

" Erected to the memory of Lieut. Ralph Emerson, 
who was instantly killed by the accidental discharge 
of a cannon while exercising the Mattross, Oct. 4, 1790, 
in the 30th year of his age." 



CAPTAIN MOODY DUSTIN 

Was from Litchfield. He was commissioned in the 
regiment Nov., 1776, as a lieutenant, was promoted to 
captain, March 5, 1778, and served till the end of 
December, 1783 — a service of seven years. Li the 
absence of any further details of him the following 
letter is inserted : 

" Stony Point, Oct. 17, 1753. 
" Sir : I would thank you to let me know whether 
Thomas Hunt has got the months of Feb., March and 
April for 1Y83, due to him. Please write the first 
opportunity. 



FIRST NEW HAMPSHIRE REGIMENT. 115 

" As for news I have none, if you have any, pray let 
me hear from yon. 

" My compliments to the officers. Tell Maj. Morrell 
that I want to hear from him as soon as possible. 

" Yours to Serve, 

" Moody DusTiN. 

" To Lieut. Blake, pajTiiaster of 
The New Hampshire Line, 

West Point, N. Y." 

Maj. Morrell had been a captain in the First New 
Hampshire regiment, but was promoted and trans- 
ferred to the Second 'New Hampshire regiment. The 
letter is valuable only as showing that the First regi- 
ment was on duty at Stony point. And, also that 
Lieut. Blake was paymaster then of all that constituted 
the New Hampshire line. 



CAPTAIN ISAAC FRYE 
Was from Wilton. He was a quarter master in Col. 
Reid's regiment, enlisted at Cambridge, April, 1775, 
was in the battle of Bunker hill, and the regiment re- 
mained in service till the following winter. 

He was appointed to this regiment, having previously 
been a captain in the Third regiment. He continued 
to serve here till Jan., 1784. 



116 IlISTOllY OF THE 

CAPTAIN EBENEZER FRYE 

Was from Pembroke. He was a first lieutenant in 
Capt. Daniel Moore's company in Col. Stark's regi- 
ment, organized at Cambridge, in April, 1775, and 
continued in the regiment till about Jan., 1777. His 
exploits at Trenton are mentioned in tlie account of 
that battle. The committee of safety's record is : " gave 
orders to Capt. Ebenezer Frye to recruit a company 
for Col. Stark's regiment as soon as possible." In the 
regimental record it states that he was engaged the 
ISTovember previous, and the pay roll dates his entry Jan. 
1, 1777. In a later roll is entered against his name, 
" cashiered Dec. 6th, 1782." That a veteran officer 
should receive such a record, after serving more than 
five and a half years, is to be regretted, perhaps the 
cause was a trifling one, so no permanent shade rested 
on his fame. 



CAPTAIN DANIEL LIVERMORE 
Was born at Watertown, Mass., in 1749. He was de- 
scended from a family that were among the earliest 
settlers of that town. While quite young he came to 
Concord, N. H., where he served his time as a house 
carpenter. In June, 1775, he received a commission 
in Col. Stark's regiment. In November, 1776, he re- 
ceived a commission in the Third res-iment in the 'New 
Hampshire line, and probably recruited during the 



FIRST NEW HAMPSHIRE REGIMENT. 117 

winter, and went with Ms regiment to Ticonderoga in 
the spring of 1777. Continuing with his regiment in 
1779 he was in the expedition to destroy the Indian 
towns in the western part of the state of New York. 
During this campaign he kept a journal, which is pub- 
lished in the 6th vol. of the Collections of the New 
Hampshire Historical Society. 

When the Third regiment was merged in the First 
and Second he was transferred to the First, in which he 
served until December, 1783, when he resigned and 
returned to Concord, with a brevet appointment of 
major. He resided in Concord till his death, in 1798, 
at the age of forty-nine, leaving a reputation as a good 
and intelligent citizen, and an honest man. 



CAPTAIN NATHANIEL HUTCHINGS 
Was of Hopkinton. He was a lieutenant and captain 
in Col. Pierce Long's regiment, which, during the fall 
of 1776, was stationed near Portsmouth, but in Novem- 
ber was ordered to Ticonderoga. It is possible he re- 
cruited his company there from the discharged soldiers, 
as he did not join this regiment till April, 1777. Jan. 
1st, 1781, he was retired. 



CAPTAIN SIMON SARTWELL 
Was of Charlestown. Entered as a lieutenant, Jan. 
1, 1777. " September 20, 1777, promoted to a captain 



118 HISTORY OF THE 

lieutenant, with rank and pay of a captain." " Promoted 
to a captain, March 21, 1780. Discharged May 11, 
1781." Such is the record, to which I am unable to 
add anything. 



MAJOR AMOS MORRILL 
Was from Epsom. He was j&rst lieutenant of Capt. 
Dearborn's company in 1775, and was in the battle of 
Bunker hill. Was engaged as captain in this regiment 
Nov. 8, 1776, and on pay, Jan. 1, 1777. He was pro- 
moted to a major March 24, 1780. He served through 
the reorganization Jan. 1, 1782, and was acting as 
major in the summer of 1783. 



CAPTAIN AMOS EMERSON 
Was from Chester, was lieutenant in Capt. Hutchin's 
company in Col. Reid's regiment in 1775. He served 
from Jan. 1, 1777, till March 24, 1780. 



MAJOR JASON WAIT 
Was from Alstead, of which town he was one of the 
first settlers in 1763. It is likely he saw service in 
1775 and '6. He served as a captain till July 5, 1780, 
when he was promoted to major, in which position he 
remained till Jan. 1, 1782, when he retired. 



FIEST XEW HA^IPSHIEE EEGDIENT. 119 

CAPTAIX ISAAC FARWELL 
"Was from Charlestown. He was first lieutenant in 
Col. Reid's regiment in 1775, and was at Bunker hill. 
Served as a captain from Jan. 1, 1777, till the summer 
of 1783, and perhaps to the end of that year. 



CAPTAIN -TOS T AH 3IUXR0 
Was appointed a lieutenant Jan. 1. 1777. Was ap- 
pointed quarter master in 1778, which he held till he 
was appointed a captain, July 5, 1780. He served tiU 
1783. He was from Amherst. 



CAPTAIX DAXIEL CLAPP 
Was from Hanover. Entered the regiment, Jan. 1, 
1777, as a lieutenant, was promoted to a captain, July 
5, 1780. He retired, Jan. 1, 1781. 



CAPTADs ASA SETTER 
Was from Londonderry, was appointed a lieutenant, 
to take effect Jan. 1, 1777. He was promoted to a 
captain, vice Capt. Sartwell, May, 1781, and served till 
1782. 






120 HISTORY OF THE 

CAPTAIN JONATHAN CASS 

Was from Exeter. He entered the army as a soldier 
on the receipt of the news of the British attack on the 
company at Lexington. He was at Bunker hill, 
Saratoga, Trenton, Brandy wine, Monmouth, German- 
town, and under Sullivan in the expedition to the 
Indian country in 1779. 

Most of this time he served as ensign in the Third 
regiment, then commanded by Col. Scammell, and 
afterwards as lieutenant and captain in this regiment. 
He resided in Exeter till 1790, when he took command 
of a company in the army raised for the defense of the 
western frontiers. He continued in the army until 
1800, retiring with a commission of major. Pleased 
with the west, Maj. Cass settled on the banks of the 
Muskingum in Ohio, where he died in August, 1830, 
aged 77 years, having lived to see his only son, Lewis 
Cass, one of the most distinguished statesmen in the 
country. 



LIEUT. JONATHAN CILLEY 



Was from Nottingham. He was son of Col. Joseph 
Cilley. He marched from home with the regiment, 
and was the youth mentioned on a former page as 
captured at the retreat from Ticonderoga. 



FIRST NEW HAMPSHIRE REGIMENT. 121 

ADJUTANT CALEB STARK. 

In the year 1758, while at home on a furlough, Capt. 
John Stark was married to Elizabeth, daughter of Capt. 
Caleb Page, one of the earliest and most substantial set- 
tlers of Dunbarton, N. H. The next spring Capt. Stark 
again took the field, and during that year he had the sat- 
isfaction to know that Quebec, the stronghold of France 
in America, had fallen into the hands of the English. 
On December 3d of this year, the subject of this notice 
was born under the roof of his grandfather at Dun- 
barton. When Capt. Stark returned from the war and 
settled at Derryfield, at the request of his grandfather, 
Caleb was left with them, where he resided till the dawn 
of the revolution called him to action. In the mean- 
time he had, for that day, acquired a good education. 

When the news of the events of the 19th of April 
reached his residence, young Stark was but sixteen 
years of age ; but the influences exerted by the capture 
of Canada and the exploits of his father, filled his mind 
with a desire for a soldier's life, and he made a request 
to his grandfather to permit him to join his neighbors 
who were leaving for the seat of war. To this request 
the grandfather replied, that he was quite too youug to 
become a soldier, and so for a short time the matter rested. 

But very early on a morning of June, 1775, he 

mounted a horse given him by his grandfather, and 

was soon with a musket by his side on the road towards 

his father's camp. 

IG 



]^22 ITICTORY OF THE 

On greeting his father at Medford he received the 
reply that he was yet too young to come there, but he 
said he had come to try his fortune as a soldier, and 
only wished an opportunity. He was consigned to the 
care of Capt. Eeid by his father, who commanded a 
company in Stark's regiment. The next day was fought 
the battle of Bunker hill, in which our young cadet 
took a soldier's part. The summer was spent under 
the tutelage of Capt. Reid, and occasionally with his 
father at his head quarters, which were at the elegant 
residence of Col. Royal, which is still standing in Med- 
ford. The owner was then within the British lines for 
safety. The next spring Mr. Stark received a com- 
mission as ensign in Col. Reid's company, and pro- 
ceeded with the regiment to New York and Canada. 
On the return of the regiment to the vicinity of Ticon- 
deroga, a fatal disease prevailed among the troops, 
and the adjutant of the First New Hampshire regiment 
fell a victim. This gave an opportunity for promotion, 
and Ensign Stark was appointed to fill the position 
with the rank of lieutenant. 

After the retirement of the enemy to winter quarters 
the regiment marched through New Jersey, and joined 
Gen. Washington on the western banks of the 
Delaware, and late in that year Adjutant Stark was 
with his regiment and an active participator in 
the bi-illiant operations at Trenton and Princeton, 
which closed the campaign for 1776. Soon after these 
events Adjutant Stark, with his father, returned home, 



FIRST NEW HAMPSHIRE REGIMENT. 123 

where they found arrangements had been made to 
reorganize the regiment in which he was to hold the 
same position under his father's command. 

After the battle of Bennington young Stark had 
permission from his commander to visit his father, and 
congratulate him on his great success. In the action of 
October 7th, the adjutant was wounded in the arm, and 
soon after, as his father had been appointed a brigadier 
in the Continental line, he selected his son as aid de 
camp, but the regimental record dates his resignation 
only from June 1st, 1778. 

Lieut. Stark was with his father through the war, 
and a part of the time acted as brigade major and 
adjutant general of the northern department. 

At the close of the war his attention was turned to 
mercantile pursuits at Dunbarton. 

In 1806 he was engaged in the importing business at 
Boston. He visited the West Indies in 1798, and 
England in 1810, where he remained a year transact- 
ing business, and traveling at intervals throughout that 
country. At the commencement of the war of 1812, 
he engaged in manufacturing at Pembroke, in which 
business he remained till 1830. 

After this time he was engaged in prosecuting a 
claim for land in Ohio, granted for military services, 
which, after a long lawsuit, he recovered. He died 
upon his estate .in Tuscarawas county, Ohio, Aug. 
26, 1838, aged 78 years and 8 months. 

His strongest characteristics were indomitable cou- 



124 HISTORY OF THE 

rage aiul perseverance, united with coolness and self- 
possession, which never left him on any occasion. 
There are still among the business men of Boston 
some who remember Major Stark, and who speak of 
him with respect as a merchant, in which capacity they 
knew him. 

The above is mainly compiled from the Life of Gen. 
John Stark by his grandson, where a more extended 
memoir can be found. 



LIEUT. THOMAS BLAKE 
Was of Dorchester, Mass. He was the son of Samuel 
and Patience Blake, and was born Oct. 7, 1752. He 
was descended from William Blake, who came to 
Dorchester in 1630, where he was a man of note 
among the early settlers. Mr. Blake was a carpenter 
by trade, and early in 1775 was employed in erecting a 
new building for Dartmouth College at Hanover. 
When the alarm, consequent on the attack by the 
British at Lexington and Concord, April 19th, reached 
there, he, with many of the students and others, left for 
Concord, or wherever they might be wanted. 

After traveling through the woods for one day, they 
agreed to organize, and chose him as a leader, and when 
they reached Cambridge, he, with some of the others, 
joined one of the regiments in which it was supposed he 
was ensign. During the summer he was with the army 
on Lake Champlain, and in Canada, till Montreal was 



FIRST NEW HAMPSHIRE REGIMENT. 125 

captured, wlien lie returned home. In 1776 tie was at 
White Plains, in Col. Baldwin's regiment. In N'ovem- 
ber of that year he received a commission as ensign in 
Col. Stark's First Kew Hampshire regiment, which 
was to be organized under the act of congress, to serve 
durino; the war, and was ordered on the recruitino; ser- 
vice in the vicinity of Connecticut river, in Cheshire 
and Grafton counties. This it is supposed was his em- 
ployment during the winter of 1776 and '7. In May 
he marched with his men to Charlestown l^o. 4, and 
thence to join his regiment at Ticonderoga. He con- 
tinued with this regiment through all its campaigns and 
battles till its dissolution, in January, 1784, a period 
of over seven years. In 1778 he was promoted to a 
lieutenant, and on the death of Paymaster Kimball, he 
was appointed to fill his place, and also as regimental 
clothier. Probably no other man in the regiment was 
so well fitted to perform these ofiiices as Mr. Blake. 
He was well versed in accounts, and possessed in a 
remarkable degree a taste for system and details, and 
whatever he undertook he did well. This he inherited 
from his ancestors, who had for generations been re- 
markable for their skill as surveyors of land, and 
managers of town affairs. The books of this regiment, 
so carefully kept by Mr. Blake, and which have been 
as carefully preserved by his son, bear evidence to his 
care and fidelity. And the journal of the marches and 
campaigns of the regiment for about five years are 
additional evidence of his care and industry. 



126 HISTORY OF THE 

tor the regiment was disbanded Mr. B. was ap- 
pointed to settle up with the officers and soldiers, and 
to eft'ect this he traveled through New Hampshire. 
Returning to his home he settled in Boston, where he 
was engaged in manufacturing and selling soap and 
candles, subsequently under the well known firm of 
Blake & Jackson, which had a long and respectable 
career. 

As a business man he was noted for his precision and 
for his scrupulous adherence to truth and honesty, 
and enjoyed the respect and confidence of a very large 
acquaintance. His residence was on what was the 
corner of Washington street and Blake's court, now 
the eastern part of Union Park street, and his manu- 
factory was between his residence and Harrison Ave- 
nue. He died Feb. 16, 1840. 



LIEUT. JEREMIAH PRITCHARD 
Was the son of Paul Pritchard of Boxford. He was 
born there in 1754. He removed with his father to 
New Ipswich in 1772, and they were identified for a 
long period witli the aftairs of that town. During the 
revolution Paul Pritchard was a leading citizen, often 
a selectman, and represented the town in the legislature. 
In 1775 Jeremiah was one of the first to take up 
arms for his country, he was a soldier in Capt. 
Towne's company at the battle of Bunker hill, and was 



FIRST NEW HAMPSHIRE REGIMENT. 127 

afterward, in 1776, near New York, where he was in the 
battle of White Plains. 

In JSTovember, 1776, he was commissioned as a lieu- 
tenant in this regiment, and probably, like the other 
officers, spent the winter in enlisting men for the 
company to which he was assigned, and in the spring 
went with the regiment to Ticonderoga. In July, 
1778, he was appointed adjutant. He was in the 
various battles, in one of which he was wounded, for 
which he drew a pension. In 1780 he resigned his 
office, perhaps on account of his wound ; but it is sup- 
posed he was afterwards in the service. 

After the war he followed the business of a tanner, 
and was much respected as a citizen. In 1796, a 
cavalry company was organized there of which he was 
the first commander. The writer remembers him as 
a man of fine personal appearance, of great energy, 
and yet of much dignity and refinement. He had a 
good education, and often served the town as clerk, 
and sometimes as its representative. He died in 1813, 
aged 59. 

His brother William enlisted under him, and faith- 
fully served his three years, was in the battles of that 
period. He returned home, and was a substantial citi- 
zen of that town. He succeeded his brother as captain 
of the company of cavalry, and was killed suddenly in 
1835 by being thrown from his chaise, at the age of 
75, near the spot where a former captain of that com- 
pany had been killed by the fall of a tree. 



128 HISTORY OF THE 

LIEUT. JOSEPH MILLS. 
Ill a letter iu the possession of C. H. Bell, Esq., of 
Exeter, giving an account of his revolutionarj^ services, 
he stated that he entered as a volunteer in the First New 
Hampshire regiment in Oct., 1777, and after the sur- 
render of Burgoyne, he was appointed ensign at the 
special request of Gen. Poor. Being ill from exposure 
he was sent to Kew Hampshire on the recruiting service, 
and remained there till Aug., 1778, by order of Gen. Sul- 
livan. During the winter of 1778 and '9, he was in the 
same service, and in April, 1779, joined his regiment, 
and was then for the first time regularly mustered into 
service. He accompanied the regiment upon the expe- 
dition into the Indian country, and served till the end of 
thewar. After this period he settled in Deerfield, and 
kept a public house there, where he was living in 1792. 

By the pay rolls he entered as ensign during 1777, was 
appointed adjutant May 1, 1780, lieutenant July 5, 1780. 



LIEUT. JOSHUA THOMPSON 
Was from Londonderry. He was appointed ensign 
in Capt. Ebenezer Frye's company, Nov. 8th, 1776, 
but was not put on pay roll till Jan. 1, 1777. He was 
promoted to a lieutenancy March 5, 1778, and acted 
as paymaster for a time. 

After the war he settled in what is now East Concord. 
He was a quiet, unobtrusive citizen, of much respecta- 



FIRST NEW HAMPSHIRE REGIMENT. 129 

bility. In 1824, when Gen. La Fayette visited Concord, 
lie paid Lieut. Thompson the rare compliment of a visit 
at his house, the lieutenant being unable, on account of 
age, to join in the ceremonies in honor of the marquis. 



LIEUT. JOHN TAGGART 
Was from Peterborough, where he was born. He was 
of the Scotch-Irish race, by whom the town was settled. 
Many of them down to the present century preserved 
the dialect of their fathers, with many other peculiari- 
ties. He was a lieutenant in Capt. Isaac Farwell's 
company at the battle of Bunker hill, where having 
fought as long as they could fight retreated, and while 
yet in the midst of danger he stopped his companions, 
and having refreshed themselves from their canteens, 
he exclaimed, "Now let us trust in God and take 
another run." 

He did not live to do much service in this regiment, 
as the roll says, " died July 7th, 1777." It is likely he 
was killed in the battle which took place that morn- 
ing on the evacuation of Ticonderoga. 



It had entered into the plan of the work to give some 

account of every officer belonging to the regiment, so 

far as the facts could be collected . But while materials 

were abundant for memoirs of the four commanders, 

and some others, concerning by far the largest num- 
17 



130 HISTORY OF THE 

ber the most thorough researches have yielded only 
materials for the briefest notices, but we have given 
all that we could collect. 

Having noticed all who attained the rank .of captain 
we shall not attempt even a sketch of the lieutenants or 
ensigns, as little more than the date of entry and dis- 
charge could be added, but will, so far as can be 
gathered, add their residence. It will be seen that some 
of them served in the regiment but for a brief period. 
Lieut. Jonathan Willard was from Charlestown ; Lieut. 
"William Bradford, was of Amherst; Lieut. Bezaleel 
Howe, of Hillsborough ; Lieut. Joseph Lawrence, of 
Walpole; Lieut. "William Lee, Lyndeborough ; Lieut. 
Simon Merrill, of Chester. 

These are all the names that can be located. 

Of the list of officers in this regiment printed in 
the adjutant general of ITew Hampshire's report for 
1866 (which was probably copied from Farmer & 
Moore's Collections^ vol. ii), there are eight names that 
do not appear on any of the pay rolls. It is likely 
they took commissions conditionally, with beating 
orders, but could not raise the required number of 
men, or that there may have been other reasons to pre- 
vent their joining the regiment. On the next page we 
commence to give the names of all the noncommis- 
sioned officers and privates who are found on the 
rolls of the regiment at four different periods. They 
are arranged in two alphabetical lists with such facts 
relative to them as could be found. 



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Roll of Non-Commissiovcd Officers a7id Soldiers belonging 
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March to August, the largest part of the former had belonged to the First or Third 
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was discharged. Those marked with a D deserted, * died, S Sergeant, C Corporal. 



</* Samuel Allen, 
John Ash, 
Joseph Avery, 
Aaron Adams, 
David Abrahams, 
Samuel Adams, 
Beriah Abbott, 
Isaac Adams, 

-Ebenezer Allen, 

'-Samuel Gr. Allen, 
David Adams, S, 
William Aldridge, 
Ami Andrews, 
Joseph Avery, 

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Stephen Atkinson, 
Timothy Abbott, 
John Adams, C, 
John Abbott, 
James Aldds, 
Josiah Breedy, 
Jethro Barber, 
Kies Bradley, 
Joel Baker, 
Daniel Bridges, 
Samuel Boyd, 
Asaph Butler, 
Amos Baker, 



Peter Bullard, 
William Brown, 
Enoch Badger, 
John Bemus, 
John Burk, 
Aaron Basford, D, * 
John Blanchard, 
Andrew Bradford, 
Benjamin Brown, 
Benjamin Berry, 
Jonathan Black, 
Jonathan Banina, 
Joseph Burk, S, * D, 
Uriah Ballard, C, 
Abner Bingham, 
David Bryant, * D, 
Stephen Bohonon, 
Nathaniel Bean, 
John Blaisdell, S, 
Nathaniel Brown, 
Charles Bowles, 
Aaron Bigsbee, 
Charles Branscombe, 
Daniel Barker, 
Nathaniel Barrett, 
Hart Baltch, 
Cesar Barnes, 
Eleazer Ballard, 



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Simeon Butterfield, 
Josiah Barton, 
Samuel Brown, 
Peter Bebee, 
Ephraim Blood, 
Jetliro Barber, 
Anniah Bobannon, 
John Barton, 
Nabotb Batterson, 
Isaac Cady, 
Moses Cooper, 
John Cooper, 
Daniel Cook, S, 
Elipbalet Cole, 
Jobn Cross, 
Enoch Carleton, 
James Cochran, 
Abial Chandler, 
Solomon Chapman, 
Nathaniel Call, 
Ebenezer Carleton, 
Thomas Cochran, 
Isaac Clemonds, 
Daniel Colby, 
Stephen Colby, 
Hezekiah Colby, 
Robert Cochran, 
Joseph Chase, 
Ebenezer Coster, 
George Cooper, S, 
Edmund Colby, 
Salem Colby, 
Moses Chandler, 
Benjamin Creary, 
Gilbert Caswell, 
John Caldwell, 
John Clark, 



Robert Collins, 
Bunker Clark, 
Daniel Clough, 
Abraham Currier, 
Moses Colby, 
Jonathan Cooper, 
James Chamberlain, 
Benjamin Cotten, S, 
Theopalas Cass, S, 
Moses Cutter, 
Michael Chaplin, 
Benjamin Crichett, 
David Clark, 
Robert Cunningham, 
Benjamin Cressy, 
Francis Como, 
Moses Cutter, 
John Dorman, C, 
Joshua Danford, 
Stephen Dustin, 
Daniel Downing, 
Daniel Dagin, 
Benjamin Dockum, 
Samuel Davis, 
March Duty, 
Ephraim Dudley, 
Benjamin Dow, C, 
Richard Drought, 
Jarius Dickey, 
Nathaniel Dickey, 
Benjamin Dole, 
John Dennis, D, 
Nicholas Dodge, 
James Dowd, 
Charles Dorithy, 
Zephaniah Downes, 
Jonathan Eaton. 



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Peasley Eastman, 
Jacob Eastman, 
Daniel Emery, 
Edward Evens, 
John Eastman, 
John Elaihnees, S, 
Josiah Eastman, 
George Emerson, 
Joseph Ellison, 
John Eaton, 
James Eddy, 
Henry Eastman, 
Benjamin Ellis, 
Jeremiah Fairfield, 
Gideon Fletcher, 
Jerre Foster, 
Philip Flanders, D, 

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Samuel Fuller, 
Samuel Fugard, 

Timothy Furnham, S, 

John Farnham, C, 

Jacob Flanders, 

Nathan Foster, 

Offen French, 

Thomas Fuller, 

Isaac Farwell, 

Jeremiah Fosrff, 

Ebenezer Fosgood, 

Jacob Gile, 

Nathaniel Grimes, 

David Greeley, 

Seth Gow, 

Ephraim Goss, 

Peter Goss, 

James Gipson, 

Henry Gipson, 



John A. Goss, 
Joseph Gilman, 
John Grow, 
Daniel Gold, C, 
Daniel Gage, 
John Greeley, 
Joseph Gray, 
Joseph Green, 
Benjamin Grace, 
John Gault, 
Jonathan Griffin, 
Hugh Gorgan, 
Mathew Green, 
Bradbury Green, 
William Glines, 
Nathaniel Glines, 
John Grout, 
Michael George, 
John Gaffit, 
James Gordon, 
Solomon Gibson, 
David Haskell, 
Benoni Hill, 
Zacheus Hunt, 
Buckley Hutchins, 
Moses Hutchins, 
David Hunt, C, 
Moses M. Howe, 
Simon Hiuowh, 
David Howe, S, 
Joseph Hoit, 
Peter Henry, 
Moses Heath, * 
John Head, 
Cato Hale, 
Thomas Haines, 
William Howit, 



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William Haywood, 
James Hawley, 
Israel Hale, 
Joseph Howe, 
Ephraim Hildreth, 
Thomas Harvey, 
Thomas Holmes, 
Israel Howe, S, 
Daniel Holt, C, 
Reuben Horsmore, 
David Howard, 
Stephen Hermon, 
Joel Holt, 
Wiliam Hamlet, 
Joseph Hodgman, 
Aaron Hays, 
Ebenezer Hoey, 
Joseph Houghton, 
William Hardy, 
William Hubbard, 
John Hall, 
Joseph Heman, 
Robert Hastings, 
Robert Hemphill, 
Jonathan Hazeltine, D, 
Moses Heath, 
Moses Hutchins, 
William Hewitt, 
John Humble, 
Levi Hoit, 
Daniel Harper, 
Joseph Horman, 
Solomon Hazeltine, 
Solomon Harris, 
Thomas Hunt, 
Samuel Hoit, C, 
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Philip Johnson, Jr., 
Philip Johnson, 
Edward Jones, 
William Jones, 
Taylor Joslin, 
John Jennes, 
Asa Jackson, 
Jeremiah Johnson, 
John Kent, 
Thomas Kimball, 
David Kinnerton, 
Reuben Kidder, 
Reuben Keasor, D, 
Jonathan Kelly, 
William Kimball, ' 
Daniel Kimball, -^ 
Ebenezer Kinneston, 
Robert Livingston, S, 
.Samuel Lyon, 
John Lovering, 
William Leaton, 
John Larrabee, 
Noah Levins, 
Samuel Lock, C, 
Moses Lock, 
Nehemiah Leavitt, 
John Lapish, 
Isaac Lowell, 
William Lowell, 
John Louring, D, 
Timothy Lock, 
Andrew Law, 
Benjamin Lamper, 
William Lakin, 
Josiah Magoon, 
James Martin, D, 



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Eliphalet Manning, C, 
Enocli Morse, 
Samuel Morrison, 
John Morgan. 
Nathaniel Molten, 
John Manning, S, 
Broadstreet Mason, C, 
Ichabod Martin, C, 
G-eorge Montgomery, 
Daniel McCoy, 
Stephen McCoy, 
Obed McLane, 
Andrew Mclntire, J), 
Elkin Moore, 
Jonathan Molton, 
Nehemiah Merrill, L, 
John McLaughlin, 
William Morling, 
Hugh Moore, 
George McGolpin, 
Jonathan Miller, 
Paul McCoy, 
Flourance McCulley, 
Ezra Merriam, 
Edward Mardeen, C, 
James Moore, 
Ebenezer Matthews, S, 
Thomas McNeal, S, 
John Matthews, 
Enoch Morse, 
Moses Moore, 
James Moore, 
John Moore, 
Isaac Mitchell, 
Elkin Moore, 
Abel Merrill, 
Jonathan Morse, 



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Jonathan McCoy, 
Jonathan Morgan, 
John Merrill, 
Samuel Marsh, 
David Nicholson, D, 
James Nokes, 
Timothy Newton, 
David Nevins, S, 
John Nicholson, 
Mark Nutter, 
John Night, 
Abraham Night, 
Gaus Niles, 
Thomas Osgood, 
James Orr, 
Abner Powers, C, 
Jefchro Pettengill, 
Nehemiah Philips, 
John Peabody, 
Thomas Peabody, 
Nathaniel Powers, C, 
Simeon Powers, C, 
Thomas Powers, 
Silas Porter, 
Moses Powers, 
Colburn Parker, 
Stephen Putney, 
Jonathan Putney, 
John Purple, C, 
Thomas Pitts, 
Ichabod Perry, 
Benjamin Pierce, 
Daniel Putnam, 
Asa Pudney, 
Thomas Pratt, 
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Adam Patterson, 
Benjamin Powell, . 
Jonathan Pettingill, 
Amasa Parker, 
Benjamin Perry, 
Joel Proctor, 
Isaac Patterson, 
Eliphalet Quimby, S, 
Andrew Quimby, * 
Alexander Ronalds, 
Abram Ronalds, 
John Rollings, 
Joseph Rollings, 
Lemuel Richardson, 
Stephen Richardson, C, 
Asa Redington, 
Jeduthen Roberts, 
Eliphalet Rollings, 
Solomon Rathburn, 
Benjamin Roby, 
Moses Reed, D, 
Zadoc Read, 
Paris Richardson. 
Samuel Rendall, 
Ezekiel Rooks, 
Moses Roberts, 
Nathaniel Randall, 
John Reed, 
Samuel Royce, 
Isaac Royce, 
Silas Russell, 
Richard Robinson, S, 
Moses Springer, 
Jeduthen Roberts, 
Reuben Roberts, 
John Still, 



Samuel Smith, 
Darius Smeed, 
Mathew M. Sanburn, 
Peter R. Stevens, 
John Smith, * 
Benjamin Sanburn, 
James Sales, 
Jacob Schegell, * 
Benjamin Smith, 
John Sampson, 
Stephen Scranton, 
Henry Stevens, 
Nathan Stevens, 
John Smith, S, 
Roger Stevens, 
Benjamin Short, 
Edward Spaulding, 
Luther Smith, 
Abel Sargents, 
Henry Smith, 
Joseph Spaulding, 
William Sisco, * 
Peter Stevens, 
Stephen Spaulding, 
Samuel Spaulding, 
Moses Springer, 
William Simpson, 
Michael Sutten, 
Benjamin Smith, 
John Stone, 
Jcsiah Simpson, 
Jeremiah Smith, 
Nathan Shade, 
Barnard Sargents, 
Ebenezer Smith, 
Alexander Smith, 
Benjamin Smith, 



168 



HISTORY OF THE 



William Scott, S, 
Amos SpofFerd, 
Joseph Sudwick, 
Robert Stetterson, * 
John Shepard, C, 
Daniel Sargent, 
Robert Sargent, 
Henry Shaw, 
Peter Stevens, 
Benjamin Stone, 
Merritt Shepard, 
Amos Snow, 
Michael Silk, 
Isaac Stearns, 
Israel Spencer, 
David Sanderson, 
Ebenezer Scribner, 
Samuel Sanders, 
James Taylor, 
Henry Tibbitts, 
John Trask, 
William Taggart, 
William Temple, 
Joseph Tucker, 
Henry Thompson, 
Ezekiel Thirston, 
Jacob Thomas, 
Stephen Thomas, 
Samuel Trickey. 
John Taylor, 
Jonathan Thomas, 
Abraham Thompson, 
John Thomas, 
Adolph Temple, 
Thomas Tuttle, * 



John Trickey, 

Medad Taylor, 

Jeremiah Tylor, 

Jonathan Urin, 

James Vinton, 

John Wadleigh, 

Joseph Wilson, * 

John Wilson, * 

John Wolcott, * 

Edward West, 

Thomas Watson, 

Matthew Worthington, * 

Peter Walls, S, 

William Willey, C, 

Nathaniel Whitcombe, 

Benjamin Ward, 
Jacob Weatherbee, * 
Isaac Wilkins, 
Thomas Wilson, 
Lewis Wisso, 
Rupha Waiters, 
Joseph Willson, 
John Wallis, 
Silas Whitney, 
Abner Wise, 
Abraham Wetmore, S, 
Daniel Wilson, 
Andrew White, 
Stephen White, 
Thomas Welch, 
John Youngman, 
Samuel York, 
Ezekiel York, 
Jabez Youngman, 
Joseph York. 



INDEX. 



Abbott, Beriali, 162. 

Abbott, John, 162. 

Abbott, Captain Joshua, 10. 

Abbott, Stephen, 181. 

Abbott, Timothy, 131, 162. 

Abraham, Da\id, 131, 162. 

Adam, Samuel, 131, 162. 

Adams, Aaron, 131, 162. 

Adams, Da\id 131, 162. 

Adams, Elisha, 131. 

Adams, Lt. J. 86, 88. 

Adams, Isaac, 131. 

Adams, John, 84, 131, 162. 

Adams, Jonas, 131. 

Adams, Levi, 132. 

Aiken, James, 131. 

Aiken, Samuel, 131. 

Albany, 24. 

Albany, march to, 37. 

Albany, winter at, 76. 

Aldds, James, 162. 

Aldrich, Nathan, 132. 

Aldridge, William, 162. 

Allds, Isaac, 131. 

Allen, Surgeon's Mate David, 85. 

Allen, Ebenezer, 131, 162. 

Allen, John, 162. 

Allen, John, D., 131. 

Allen, Samuel, 131, 162. 

Allen, Samuel G., 131, 162. 

Allowance, to officers, 86. 

Alstead, 118. 

Americans, 24. 

Ames, Francis, 131. 

Amherst, 119, 130. 

Amoskeag Falls, 90. 

Amwell, march to, 38. 

Anderson, Second Lieut. James, 10. 

Andre, captured, 55. 

hanged, 56. 
Andrews, Ami, 162. 
Andrews, Joel, 131. 
Andrews, Nathaniel, 132. 



Appletown, march to, 52. 
Arnold, Gen., joined the army, 30, 

33. 
Arnold, plot discovered, 55. 
Ash, John, 131, 162. 
Ashely, Daniel, 132. 
Atkinson, First Lieut. Samuel, 10. 
Atkinson, Stephen, 162. 
Averil, Elijah, 131. 
Avery, Joseph, 162. 

Bacon, Lieut., 86. 
Badger, Enoch, 162. 
Bailey's, regiment, 35. 
Baker, Amos, 133, 162. 
Baker, Joel, 132. 
Balcarras, Earl of, 22. 
Baldwin, Captain Isaac, 10. 
Baldwin, John, 133. 
Baldwin's, regiment, 125. 
Ballard, Eleazer, 162. 
Ballard, Uriah, 162. 
Baltch, Hart, 162. 
Banina, Jonathan, 162. 
Barber, Jonathan, 162. 
Barber, Jethro, 133, 162, 163. 
Barker, Daniel. 132, 162. 
Barlow, John, 133. 
Barnes, Cesar, 162. 
Barnet, Benjamin, 134. 
Barnet, Lieut. Kobert, 84. 
Barrett, Nathaniel, 132, 162. 
Barron, John 133. 
Barron, Lt. Oliver, 88. 
Barrens, Samuel, 135. 
Bartlet, John, 133. 
Bartlet, Nathaniel, 133. 
Barton, John, 163. 
Barton, Josiah, 163. 
Basford, Aaron, 162. 
Basson, Jonathan, 101. 
Batchelder, Nathaniel, 132. 
Batchelder, William, 133. 



170 



IXOKX. 



Bates, Niitliaiiic'l, 134. 

Bates. Sanmcl, 188. 

Bates, Tlionias, l:};}. 

iiatterson. Nal)()tli, 103. 

I5a\l('i-, 'IMiomas, 13-1. 

Beadle, Col., lOS. 

Bean, Natliaiiiel, 162. 

Behee, I'eter, 1()3. 

Bedford, luarcli to, 44. 

Beede, Bezia, 132. 

Bell, C. II. Esq., 128. 

Bemis's liei<rlits, 33. 

Beniirs, John, 162. 

Benniiio'ton, militia comc! in, 33. 

Berrv, IJenjaniin, 134, 162. 

Berry, Ehenezer, 134. 

Berrv, John, 132. 

Berwick, 103. 

Bi'vens, Benjamin, 133. 

Beverly, James, 133. 

Bi(rsl)ee, Aaron, 162. 

Billino-s, Christopher, 133. 

Bino-ham, Abner, 134, 162. 

Bin<>'ham, Ripley, 134, 

Bioti'raphical sketches of officers, 

90. 
Bishop, Enos, 134. 
Bisliop, John, 134. 
Black, Jonathan, 132, 102. 
Blaisdell, John, 102. 
Blake, Ensio-n Thomas, 12, 13. 

his commission, 14. 
Blake, Lieut, and Pay-Mr. Thomas, 
78, 82, 88. 

his Journal, 25, 57,71, 115, 124. 

died, 126. 
Blake, Patience, 124. 
Blake, Samuel, 124. 
Blake, William, 124. 
Blake and Jackson, 126. 
Blanchard, Col. 111. 
Blanchard, Lt. James, 85. 
Blanchard, John, 162. 
Blanchard, Jonathan, 13, 17. 
Blodovtt, Lt. Caleb, 85, 86. 
Blo(l<)ett, Josliua, 133. 
Blood, Asa, 132. 
Blood, Daniel, 134. 
Blood, Ei)hriani, 101, 132, 163. 
Bounties paid in silver, 79. 
Bowles, Charles, 132, 162. 
Bowles, James, 133. 
Bnxford,126, 

liovd. Second, Lieut. Nathan, 10. 
lioyd, Samuel, 133, 162. 
Boyes, James, 132. 



Boynton, Adjt. J. 88. 
Boynton, Isace, 134. 
Boynton, Lieut. Joseph, 85, 86. 

Bradl)ury, Sanders, 134. 

Ih-udfonl, Andrew, 103. 
Bradford, Lieut. William, 130, 

Bradley, Kevs, 102, 132, 162. 

Branscond), Charles, 132, 162. 

Brant Life of, 33. 

Brant, Stone's life of, 30. 

Breedy, Josiah, 162, 

Brewer, Peter, (Nejrro) 134. 

Bridg-es, Daniel, 162. 

Bristol, 5. 

British army at Locust hill, 39. 

British defeated at Saratoga, 36. 

British deserters, 32. 

Brown, Benjamin, 134, 162. 

Brown, James, 133. 

Brown, John, 133. 

Brown, Most'S, 133. 

Brown, Nathaniel, 162. 

Brown, Samuel, 163. 

Brown, Scijjio, 135. 

Brown, William, 132, 134, 162. 

Brunswick, march to, 43. 

Bryant, David, 133, 162. 

Bryer, Peter, 134. 

Bohanu(ni, Anniah, 132, 103. 

Bolianon, SteiJien, 102. 

Bonney, Jacob, 133. 

Boston, evacuation of, 3. 

Bounties for enlistnu-nts, 17. 

Bounty to soldiers, 75. 

Boutwell, Asa, 133. 

Bugrbee, Nathaniel, 134. 

Burg-oyne's surrender liow cele- 
brated, 45. 

Bullard, Peter, 133, 162. 

Bullock's house, 47. 

Bunker, Clark, 163, 

Bunker hill, 129. 

Bunker hill, Ncav Hampshire 
troops at, 3, 4. 

Burk, John, 162. 

Burk, Jose])h, 133, 162. 

Burns, Caesar, 134. 

Burrows, .lonathan, 133. 

Burton, Josiah, 132, 134. 

Burts, Robert, 134. 

Buswell, Noah, 134. 

Butler, AliJu'us, 134. 

Butler, Asaph, 102. 

Butler, Benjamin, 134. 

Butlei', Col., ascends Cavuj;-a lake, 
53. 



INDEX. 



171 



Butler, Col., bis force, 51. 
Butler, Jolin, 132. 
Butterfield, Simeon, 135, 163. 

Cadwallader, (Aan., 5, 6. 

Cady, Curti.s.;, 14, 135. 

Cady, Isaac, 168. 

Calcott, Isaac, 137. 

Caldwell, John, 9, 135, 163. 

Caldwell, Sergt. major, Samuel, 

84. 186. 
Call, Nathaniel, 163. 
Cambell, James, 185. 
Cambridge, British march to, 37. 
Cammet, Thomas, 136. 
Campbell, Drum Major James, 84, 

136. 
Canada, the regiment ordered to 

3,4. 
Cauandaigua. march to, 52, 53. 
Cannon cai)tured, 35. 
Capron, Thomas, 137. 
Captains, list of 1782., 81, 
Carlton, Ebenezer, 163. 
Carleton, Enoch, 168. 
Carr, Major, 86. 
Carr, Major, James, biog, sketch 

of, 109. 
Carr, Second Lieut. Jesse, 10. 
Carter, Edward, 135. 
Carter, Ensign Hubbard, 83. 
Cass, Capt. Jona., 81, 120. 
Cass, Lewis, 120. 
Cass, Lt. Jonathan, 185. 
Cass, Major James, 85, 88. 
Cass, Theophilas, 135, 163. 
Castleton, retreat to, 28, 29. 
Casualties, 82. 
Ca.swell. Eliphlet, 137. 
Caswell, Gilbert, 137, 163. 
Cayuga lake ascended, 53. 
Cliad\vick, John, 136. 
Challis, Euos, 186. 
Chamberlin, James, 187, 103. 
Chandler, Abiel. 9. 10, 137, 163. 
Chandler, Moses, 108. 
Chaplin, Michael, 163. 
Chapman, Solomon, 135. 168. 
Charlestown, 117, 119, 130. 
Charlestown, No. 4, 19, 25. 
Chase, Joseph, 168. 
Chase, Moses, 135, 187. 
Chase, Surgeon's mate Josiah, 10. 
Chemung, captured and destroyed, 

49. 
Cheny, Captain. Samuel, 85. 



Chester, 118, 130. 
Child, Cypril, 137. 
Church, Thomas, 136. 
Cillev, Col. Joseph, 21, 22, 23, 74, 
82, 83, 103, 120. 

killed, 104. 

biog. sketch of, 93. 

died, 99. 
Cilley's regiment, 11, 85, 47. 
Cilley, Lieut. Jonathan, 85, 95, 120. 
Cillev, Thomas, 98. 
Clap]}, Lieut. Daniel, 81, 83. 

Capt. Daniel, 119. 
Clark, Bunker, 180. 

David, 163. 

Hezekiah, 137. 

John. 135, 186, 163. 

Josiah, 135. 

Thcmias, 135. 
Claverack, march to, 38. 
demands, Isaac, 163. 
Clements, Isaac, 187. 
Clinton's brigade, 50. 
Clotluer, general, 63. 
Clotliiug, destitution of, 72, 

prices of, 62. 

regulations for the army, 57. 
Clough, Daniel, 137, 163. 
Coburn, Rowlins, 187. 
Cochran, James, 136, 163. 
Cochran, Jonathan, 135. 
Cochran, Robert, 163. 
Cochran, Thomas, 163. 
Cogan, Quarter Mr. Patrick, 84. 
Colbie, Zebulun, 136. 
Colburn, John, 137. 
Colburn, Th(mias, 135. 
Colby, Daniel, 187. 163. 
Colbv. Edmund, 187. 
Colbv, Hezekiah. 168 
Colb'v, Moses, 168. 
Colbv, Salem, 137, 163. 
Colbv, Stephen, 137, 163. 
Cole,' Eliphlet, 137, 163. 
Collins, Benjamin, 136. 
Collins. Ebenezer, 137. 
Collins, Robert, 163. 
Combs, John, 135. 
Companies, list of in 1782, 81. 
Como, Francis, 187, 163. 
Conant, Jonathan, 135. 
Concord, 116, 117, 
Concord, battle of, 1. 
Connell, William, 185. 
Connelv, Mr. 108. 
Conner, John T., 136. 



172 



INDEX. 



Constitution island encamp on, 50, 
Continental army, 41. 
Continental troops, each clothinji-, 

75. 
Cook, Daniel, 163. 
Cook, William, l!]"). 
Cook's re(>iment, 35. 
CooiHT. (ieoro-c, l(i;5. 
Co()i)er, John, ll}(), lOo. 
Co(>])er, Jcmathan, 103. 
CooiMT, Moses, 103. 
Corell's ferry, 38, 41. 
Corliss, 2d Lieut. Jonathan, 10. 
Cornwallis, capture of, 73. 
Coster, Bishop, 135. 
Coster, Ebenezer, 103. 
Cotton, Benjamin, 135, 105. 
Counio, Francis, 137. 
Court House, 47. 
Courtland's regiment, 35, 47. 
Cowdrey, John, 135. 
Cranberry town, march to, 42. 
Crawford, Robert, 135. 
Creesy, Daniel, 136. 
Cressy, Benjamin 137, 163. 
Critchett, Benjamin, 136, 137, 163. 
Cross, Ephraim, 136. 
Cross, John, 136, 163. 
Cross, Thomas, 137. 
Croton bridge, march to, 44. 
Crown point. 111. 
Crown point road, 19. 
Crumpoud, march to, 54. 
Cimningham, Robert, 135, 136,163. 
Currier, Abraham, 163. 
Currier, Alva, 137. 
Currier, Jonathan, 135. 
Curtiss, Timothy, 130. 
Cutter, Moses, 137, 163. 
Cutting, Jonas, 137. 

Dagin, Daniel, 163. 
Dale, Benjamin, 139. 
Dale, John, 138. 
Danl)ury, march to, 45, 46. 

winter at, 54. 
Danfurd, Joshua, 138, 163. 
Danford, Samuel, 139. 
Davis, Ezekiel, 138. 
Davis, John, 138. 
Davis, Josepli, 138. 
Davis, Nathan, 138. 
Davis, Samuel, 139, 163. 
Davis, Thomas, 138. 
Dayne, Jticol), 138. 
Dean, Lemuid, 138. 



Dearborn, Col. 21, 86. 

ascends Cavuga lake, 55. 

(General H.*A. S.. 101. 

Col. Henry, Ijiog. sketch of, 
100. 

Capt. Henrv, 10. 

Henry, 104' 

Godfrey, 100. 

Lt. Col. 74, 85. 

Lt. Col. in command, 78. 

Second Lt. Samuel, 10. 
Dearborn's com])any, 118. 

regiment, 35. 
Deaths in regiment, 131. 
Deerfield, 128. 
DeKalb, Maj. Gen., 44. 
Delaware river, crossed, 38. 
Dennis, John, 163. 
Depreciation of paper currency, 80. 
Derryfield, 121. 
Deserters from British, 32, 36. 
Dickey, Benjamin, 139. 
Dickey, David. 138. 
Dickey, James, 138. 
Dickey, Jarius, 163 
Dickey, Nathaniel. 138, 103. 
Dickey, William, 139. 
Discharges, time of, 131. 
Dockum, Benjamin, 139, 163. 
Dodge, Nicholas, 139, 163. 
Dodge, Thomas, 139. 
Dole, Benjamin, 163. 
Donop, Count, 5. 
Door. John, 138. 
Dorchester, Mass., 124. 
Dorman, John, 139, 163. 
Dorthy, Charles, 163. 
Douglu'rty, Charles, 138. 
Doviglass, John, 139. 
Dover, 104. 

Dow, Bi'njannn, 138, 163. 
Dowd, Jaines, 139, 103. 
Downing, Daniel, 163. 
Down, Zei)haniah, 139, 163. 
Drought, Hichiird, 138, 163. 
Ducit, Philemon, 138. 
Dudley, Ei>lii'aim, 163.' 
Dulton, Samuel 138. 
Dunbarton, 121. 
Duncan, Thomas, 138. 
Dunuell, Reuben, 138. 
Dunstable, 111. 
Durrah, \Vm. 138. 
Dustin, Cai)t. Moody, 81, Si), 88. 

biog. sketch of, 114. 

Lieut. Moody, 82. 



INDEX. 



17B 



Dustin, Stephen, 139, 163. 
Duty, March, 163. 
Dwire, John, 138. 

East Concord, 128. 

East Hampton, 105. 

Eastman, First Lt. Ebenezer, 10. 

Eastman, Henry, 140, 164. 

Eastman, Jacob, 139, 164. 

Eastman, John, 164. 

Eastman, John, Sr. 139. 

Eastman, John, Jr. 139. 

Eastman, Jonathan, 139. 

Eastman, Joseph, 139. 

Eastman, Josiah, 140. 164. 

Eastman, Peasley, 164. 

Eastman, Samuel, 140. 

Easton, Penn., march to, 47. 

Easton, return to, 54. 

Eaton, John, 140, 164. 

Eaton, Jonathan, 1G3. 

Eddy, James, 164. 

Edgar hill, 28. 

Elaihnees, John, 164. 

Ellino-wood, Ralph, 139. 

Elliott, John, 139. 

Ellis, Capt. Benjamin, 81, 85, 164. 

Ellison, Joseph, 140, 164. 

Emerson, Capt. Amos, 81, 83, 118. 

George, 164. 

Ralph, 113, 139. 

killed, 114. 
Emery, Daniel, 140, 164. 
Emery, Noah, 140. 
English army, 80. 
EnglishtoAvn, march to, 42, 43. 
Enlisted men, 1777 to 1782, 131. 
Enlistments, encouragements of, 

16. 17. 
Epsom, 105, 118. 
Evans, chaplain, 45. 
Evans, Edward, 139, 164. 
Evans, Ira, 139. 
Evans, Stephen, 13, 17. 
Exeter, 100, 111, 120, 128. 

convention at, 1, 2. 

sends supplies, 19. 
Eyers, Samuel, 139. 

Fairfield, Elijah, 140. 

Fairfield, Jeremiah, 164. 

Fall, Joshua, 141, 164. 

Farmer & Moore's Collections, 130. 

Farmington, march to, 46. 

Fermoy, Brig. Gen., 26, 

Farnham, Timothy, 141, 164. 



Farnham, Jolm, 164. 
Farnham, John S., 140. 
Frankford. Wm. 140. 
Farnsworth, Moses, 140. 
Farwell, Capt. Isaac, 81, 82, 109, 

164. 
Farwell's Company, 129. 
Field officers, 1780, 82. 
First New Hampshire regiment, 

first so called, 3. 

ill condition of, 4. 

in battle Trenton, 6. 

in battle Princeton, 8, 9. 

roll of officers, 9. 

at battle Bunker hill, 11. 

reorganized, 11. 

served in Delaware, 13. 

Cilley colonel of, 21, 95. 

at Ticonderoga, 21, 27. 

retreat from Ticonderoga, 28. 

at Stillwater, 32. 

at Saratoga, 22, 31, 34. 

return, of loss by battle, 35. 

ordered to attack British, 36. 

march to Albany, 37. 

mutiny, 38. 

crossed Delaware, 38, 41. 

join Washington's army, 38. 

at Valley Forge, 40. 

sickness, 41. 

pursues British in Jersey, 41. 

battle of Monmouth, 42. 

Avinter at Redding, 46. 

capture and destrovChemivng, 
49. 

invade Seneca country, 50. 

battle Newtown, 51. 

winter near Danbury, 54. 

led against mutineers, 72. 

2d and 3d regiments merged 
in, 74. 

death of Col. Scammell, 74. 

under Lt. Col. Dearborn, 74. 

badly clothed, 75. 

hutted at New Windsor, 76. 

had repose, 76. 

last regiment disbanded, 77. 

served eight years and eight 
months, 77. 

ask for grant of land, 78. 

unsuccessful therein, 79. 

mode of drawing pay, 80. 

roll of officers, 81. 

effective force, 81. 

casualties and promotions, 82. 

allowance to officers, 86. 



174 



INDEX. 



First New Ilanipsliiro r('<;'imcnt, 

pay of ofliccrs and men, 87. 

iu service Jan. 1784, 88. 

accounts of, 89. 

l)io<^'. skctclu'S of oHicers, 90. 

n-dnccd In- casualties, 97. 

enlisted nieu, 1777 to 1782,i;U. 
Fislddil, nuurh to, oH. 
Five mile ])oint, 20. 
Flanders, Jacob, 140, 164. 
Flanders, John, 140. 
Flanders, Philip, 140, 1G4. 
Fletcher, Gideon, 141, 1G4. 
Fletcher, Phineas, 141. 
Fojrg:, Jeremiah, 164. 
Folsom, Uen,, 2, o. 

difficulty with Stark, 93. 

Col. Nathaniel, 1. 
Foro-tae, Ebenezer, 140. 
Form of Enlistment, 14. 
F'orrest, Robert, 140. 
Fort Ann, 29. 
Fort Edward attacked. 30. 

army arrived at, 31. 

retreat t(J, 29, 
Fort George taken, 101 . 
Fort Miller, 30, 31. 

retreat to, 29. 
Fort Stanwix. march to, 32, 33. 
Fosgood, Ebenezer, 164, 
Foster, E])hriam. 140. 
Foster, Jerre, 164. 
Foster, Nathan, 141, 104. 
Fosto, Antonio, 140. 
Fourth July, celebrated, 43, 48. 
France, nt'ws of alliance, 41. 
Frankford, ^V. M., 140. 
French Katliai'ine's, 52. 
Frcncii lines, 29. 
French, (Wen, 164. 
French, war, 25. 
Frost, Elpir, 140. 
Frothing-luim's Siege of, 11. 
Frink, Surgeon's mate Calvin, 10. 
Frve, Captain, 86. 
Frye, Capt. Ebenezer, 67, 81, 82. 

biog. sketch of, 116. 

1st Lt. Ebenezer, 10. 

Capt. Isaac, 81, 85, 88. 

biog. sketch of, 115. 
Frye's company, 128. 
Fugard, Samuel, 140, 164, 
Fuller, Daniel, 140. 
Fuller, Samuel, 104. 
Fuller, Thomas, 140. 164. 
Fuzier, William, 141. 



Galfit, John, 164. 
Gag(^ Danit'l, 142. 164. 
(Jaghaheywarahera. nuircli to, 53. 
Gardinier, Surgeon Nathaniel, 82. 

biog. sketch of, 105. 
Gates, Gen. in command, 33. 
Gates's army celebrate anniversary 

Burgovne's suri-ender, 45. 
Gault John, 142, 104. 
Genesee, Castle destroyed, 53. 
Genr-see, river forded, 53. 
George, Benjamin, 141. 
George, Isaac, 141. 
George, Michael, 104. 
(feorge, Thomas, 141, 142. 
German convention troops on the 

march to Virginia, 40. 
German troops defeated, 36, 
Gibbs, David, 141. 
Gibbs, Isaac, 141. 
Gibbs, Joshua, 141. 
(iibsnn, Solomon, 164. 
Gil(\ Jacob, 164. 
Giles, Benjamin. 13, 17. 
Gill, Silas" 141. 
Gillman, Josiah, Jr., 83. 
Gilman, Anthony, 142. 
Gilman, D., 13, 17. 
Gilman, Lt. Col. Jeremiah, 82, 104. 

biog. sketch of, 105. 
Gilman, Joseph, 142,164. 
Gilman, Major, 107. 

promoted, 21. 
Gilmore, James, 141. 
Gilmore, Thomas, 141. 
Gipson. Ihuiry, 164. 
Gipson, James, 1()4. 
Gleason, Wilson, 142. 
Gliiies, Nathaniel, 141, 104. 
Glines, William, 142. 104. 
Goffe, William, 141. 
Goffe's regiment, 106. 
Gold, Daniel, 104. 
Gold, Moses, 141. 
Gold, Nehemiah. 141. 
Goodale, Asa. 141. 
Gordon. James. 1(!4. 
Gorgan, Hugh, 1()4. 
Goss, Ephraim, 104. 
Goss, John Abbott, 142, 104. 
Goss, Peter, 104. 
Gould, Daniel, 142. 
Gould, liieut. James, 84. 
Gould, Simeon, 141.- 
Goult, George, 141. 
Clousli, Tbouuis, 141. 



INDEX. 



175 



Gow, Setli, 164. 

Grace, Benjamin, 164. 

Grace, Benjamin W., 142. 

Grafton county, recruiting in, 12. 

Graham, Nathaniel, 141. 

Grant, Duncan, 141. 

Grant, Joseph, 141, 142. 

Gray, Joseph, 164. 

Grear, Matthew, 142. 

Greeley, David, 164. 

Greely, John, 142, 164. 

Green, Bradburry, 164. 

Green, Joseph, 164. 

Green, Mathew, 164. 

Green, Maj. Gen., 55, 56. 

Greenbush, march to, 55. 

Greenfield, CharleS', 143. 

Gregory, William, 142. 

Griffin, John, 142. 

Jtiriffin, Jona, 142, 164. 

Grimes, Nathaniel, 164. 

Groat, John, 142, 164. 

Grow, John, 142, 164. 

Guftet, John, 142. 

Gulph mills, march to, 40. 

Hadley, Joseph, 143. 
Haines, Thomas, 145, 164. 

bravery of, 23, 24. 
Hale, Cato, 143, 164. 
Hale, Israel, 143, 165. 
Hale, Rev. John, 82, 105. 

biog. sketch of, 110. 
Hale, First Lieut. John, 10. 
Hale, Col. Nathan, his regiment, 

35, 109. 
Hale, William, 145. 

biog. sketch of, 112. 
Hall, Dr., 100. 
Hall, John, 145, 165. 
Hamlet, William, 165. 
Hampshire, regiment, 36. 
Hancock, John, 16, 62. 
Hand's brigade, 49. 
Hanneyauyen, march to, 52, 53. 
Hanover, 119. 
Hardy, James, 145. 
Hardy, Nathaniel, 145. 
Hardy, 1st. Lieut. Thomas, 10. 
Hardy, William, 165. 
Harper, Daniel, 143, 165. 
Harper, John, 144. 
Harper, Samuel, 143. 
Harper, Thomas, 143. 
Harriman, Paye, 145. 
Harris, Henry, 144. 



Harris, Solomon, 144, 165. 
Hart, Balch, 132. 
Hartford, march to, 46. 
Hart's regiment. 111. 
Harvey, Lt. John, 85. 
Harvey, Thomas, 143, 165. 
Haskell, David, 164. 
Hastings, Eobert, 165. 
Hastings, Sylvanus, 143. 
Haverstraw, march to, 56. 
Hawley, James, 145, 165. 
Hayes, Aaron, 143, 165. 
Hays, Nathaniel, 145. 
Haywood, William, 165. 
Hazeltine, Solomon, 165. 
Hazelton, John, 144. 
Hazilton, Jere, 144. 
Hazleton, Jonathan, 144, 165. 
Hazleton, Joseph, 144. 
Head, John, 145, 164. 
Heath, Gen., 75. 76. 
Heath, Jesse, 145. 
Heath, Moses, 143, 164, 165. 
Heath, William, 101. 
Heman, Joseph, 165. 
Hemington, Timothy, 145. 
Hemphill, Robert, 165. 
Henderson, Joseph, 143. 
Henry, Peter, 145, 164. 
Henry's Mass. regiment, 107. 
Herman, Stephen, 165. 
Herod, James, 145. 
Hessians captured, 40. 
Hessians in New Jersey, 5. 
Hessians surrender at Trenton, 7. 
Hewett, Wm., 143, 165. 
Hews, Samuel, 144. 
Hickey, Barabas, 144. 
Hildreth, Ephraim, 143, 165. 
Hill, Beuoni, 143, 164. 
Hill, David, 143. 
Hill, Samuel, 144. 
Hills, Ebenezer, 144. 
Hills, Joseph, 144. 
Hillsborough, 130. 
Hillsgrove, John, 144. 
Hilton, John P., 143. 
Hiuowh, Simon, 164. 
Hodgart, Robert, 145. 
Hodgkins, Wm., 142. 
Hodgmau, Joseph, 144, 165. 
Hoey, Ebenezer, 144, 165. 
Hogg, George, 144. 
Hoit, Enoch, 142. 
Hoit, Joseph, 164. 
Hoit, Joseph B., 143. 



17(1 



INDKX. 



Hoit, Li'vi, 145, 165. 

Hoit, Natlian, 1(55. 

Hoit, SanuuM, 145, 105. 

Holcdmb, Matthew, 143. 

Holland, Robert, 143. 

Holland, Capt., 103. 

Hollis, 111,113. 

Hohnan, Jeremiah, 145. 

Holmes, Thomas, 1G5. 

Holt, Asa, 145. 

Holt, Daniel, 143, 1G5. 

Holt, Joel, 144, 165. 

Homan, Joseph, 143, 165. 

Honey, Cahin, 145. 

Hopewell, march to, 42. 

Hopkinton, 117. 

Horsmore, Reuben, 165. 

Houghton, Joseph, 165. 

House, Capt. John, 13. 

Howard, David, 165. 

Howard, Roswell, 144. 

Howe, David, 143, 164. 

Howe, Joseph, 165. 

Howe, Lieut. Bezaleel, 83, 86, 88, 

130. 
Howe, Moses M., 164. 
Howes, Israel, 143, 165. 
Howdt, William, 164. 
Hoj-t-, Lieut. Nathan, 85. 
Hoyt, Second Lieut. Stephen, 10. 
Hubbard, William, 165. 
Hubbardston, Hale's regiment 

broken up at, 109. 
Hubbarton, 28. 
Hubbart, Jonas, 144. 
Hudson, Beuj., 143. 
Hudson, regiment at, 74. 
Hull, Major, 96. 
Humble, John, 143, 165. 
Humphreys, Col., 74. 
Hunt, David, 145, 164. 
Hunt, Thomas, 114, 143, 165. 
Hunt, Zacheus, 145. 
Huntington's reghnent, 41. 
Hutcherson, Elijah, 144. 
Hutcherson, Levi, 144. 
Hutchins, Capt. Gordon, 10. 
Hutchins, Capt. Nathaniel, 81, 82. 

biog. sketch of. 117. 
Hutchins, Moses, 145, 165. 
llutcliiiis, Simeon, 144. 
IhUchins's company, 1 18. 
iliitchinson, John, 145. 
Ilutcliiiison, Tiinotliy, 145. 
Huts erected at Redding, 46. 
Huts erected at Valley Korge, 40. 



Huts removed from, 41. 

Huts erected for winter, 54, 56. 

Huts rafted down the river, 31, 32. 

Independence,. how celebrated, 43, 
48. 

Indian de]iredations, 30, 31. 

Indians, attacks by, 26, 27, 31. 

Indians killed, 51. 

Indian towns, expedition to des- 
troy, .117. 

Ingalls, Israel, 146. 

Irvine, Gen., 5. 

Jackson, Asa, 146, 165. 

Jackson's regiment, 35. 

Jacob's Plains, 47. 

Jay, John, 14. 

Jenkins, Peter, 146. 

Jennens, Ephraim, 146. 

Jennens, John, 145, 165. 

Jennens, Stephen. 146. 

Jersey redoubt, 28. 

Jerseys, British marched to, 41. 

Jeverich, march to, 55. 

Johnson, David, 146, 165. 

Johnson, Jeremiah, 165. 

Johnson, Philip, 165. 

Johnson, Philip, Jr., 165. 

Johnson, Thomas, 146. 

Joiner, Francis, 146. 

Joiner, John, 146. 

Joiner, Quarter Master Sergeant 

John, 84. 
Jones, Edward, 165. 
Jones, Quarter Master Sergeant 

John, 85. 
Jones, William, 165. 
Jordcui, John, 146. 
Judkins, Joel, 146. 
Judkins, Jona., 145, 146. 
Judkins, Phihp, 146. 
Judkins, Drum Major Samuel, 85. 

Kanadasaga, march to, 52, 53. 
Keasor, Reuben, 165. 
Kelley, .Jonathan, 147, 165. 
K(!lsey, (iiles, 147. 
Kemp, William, 146. 
Keneghses, march to, and attack 

by Indians, 52. 
Keneghses, march to, 53. 
Kenney, Amos, 146. 
Kent, .'lolui. 14(), 165. 
Kent, march to, 4(). 
Kidder, Daniel, 146. 



INDEX. 



177 



Kidder Reuben, 147, 165. 

Kimball. Lieut, and Pav-Master 
Benj., 84. 12.5. 

Kimball. Daniel. 165. 

KunbaU. Thomas. 146. 165. 

KimbaU, William. 147. 165. 

Kinderhook, march to. 38. 

King's ferry, march to. 38, 44. 54. 

Kingslev, Alpheus, 146. 

Kino^ton. Mass., 102. 

Kingstovnn. march to, 42. 

Kinnerton. David, 165. 

Kinneston. Ebenezer. 165. 

Kinsman. Capt. Aaron, 10. 

Kirkeat. march to. 44. 

Knook. Jona, 147. 

Ejiott, Jesse, 146. 

Knowles, Samuel, 146. 

Knox, Gen.. s|x^ial agent to en- 
force Washington's appeal. 
72, 146. 

Knox, George, 146. 

Knox, Samuel, 147. 

Kondar. march to. 52. 

Kosciusko, Gen., 96. 



Lakawaneck, march to, 48. | 

La Fayette, Gen., commands de- ' 

tachment. 42, 129. 
Lakin. WUliam, 148, 165. 
Lamb. .James. 147. | 

Lamper. Benjamin, 165. I 

Lang, William, 148. j 

Lansingburgh, 32. i 

Lany, John, 148. 

Lapish, John, 147, 16.5, ' 

Larrabee, John, 147, 165. 
Larraljee. Samuel, 147. 
Latimer's regiment, 35. 
Law. Andrew, 148, 165. 
Lawrence. Ensign Joseph. 84. 
Lawrence, Lieut. Joseph, 130. 
Layton, WiUiam, 147. 
Leamed's brigade. 44. 
Leaton, William. 165. 
Leavitt, Xehemiah, 165. 
Lee, Gen., 42. 

Lee, Lieut. WiUiam, 84, 130. 
Lee, Samuel, 147. 
Lee's division. 41. 
Leonard's brigade, 35, 132. 
Leving, John, 148. 
Levins. Xoah. 148. 165. 
Lewey. William. 147. 
Lexington, banle of, 1. 
Light Iniiantry.loss at Saratoga,3o. 

23 



Lincoln, Gen., 109. 

Lines. Charles, 147. 

Liscomb. Samuel. 147. 

Litchfield, 114. 

Linle, First Lieut. Moses, 10. 

Livermore. Capt. Daniel, 81, 85, 
86. 88, 116. 
his journal, 117. 

Livermore. Second Lt. Daniel, 10. 

Livingston, Sobert, 165. 

Livingston Manor, march to, 38. 

Livingston's reffunent, 3.5. 

Lock,''Moses, 147, 165. 

Lock. Orson, 147. 

Lock, Samuel, 147, 165. 

Lock, Timothy. 148, 165. 

Locust Hill , British at, 39. 

Locust Hill, march to, 47. 

Londonderry. 90. 110, 119, 128. 

Longfellow, Bradberry. 93. 

Longfellow, Jonathan. 93. 

LongfeUow. Sarah. 93. 

Long's regiment, 117. 

Lord, Stephen, 147. 

Lormington, march to, 38. 

Lossing's Field Book Revolution, 
37. 

Louring, .John, 165, 

Lovejoy. Abel, 147. 
, Lovejoy, Asa, 147. 
I Lovell, Icabod, 147. 
I Loverin, John, 147, 16-5. 

Lowdon's ferrv, 32. 

LoweU, WniiMi, 148, 16.5. 

Lovns, Michael, 147. 
I Lufkin, Levi, 148. 

Limd, William, 147. 

Lyndelx)rough, 130. 

Lyon, Samuel, 165. 

Mack, Joseph, 149. 
Magoon, Josiah, 165. 
:Mahene, Philip, 148. 
Manchester, 90. 
Manning. EUphalet, 149, 166. 
Manning. John, 149, 166. 
Mardeen, Edward. 166. 
31arsh. Joseph, 149, 
Marsh. Samuel, 150, 166. 
Martin, Ichabod, 149, 166. 
Martin, James, 16-5. 
Martin, Timothy, 149. 
Mason, Broadstreet, 150, 166. 
Mason. Sergt. Major Edward, 85. 
Mason, Lt. Lemuel, 85. 
Mason, Robert, 149. 



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INDEX. 



Massarlmsetts Bay aided by New 

Hampshire, 1. 
Matthews, Eljeuezer, 150, 166. 
Mattliews, Jolm, loO, 102, 166. 
IMatthews, Thomas 14!) 
MeAllister, Benj., 148. 
MeBritian, Wiliiam, 150. 
MeCaulley, Lieut. Natlianiel, 84. 
MeC'aulIey, Terence, 148. 
McC'lary, Major Andrew, 9. 
McCIary Second Liiuiti-nant Mich- 
ael, 10. 
McClellen, Jolin, 149. 
McClintocIv, Jolin, 149. 
McCliutock, Chajjlain Samuel, 10. 
McCoy, Daniel, 150, 166. 
McCoy, Jolm, 150. 
McCoy, Jonatlian, 166. 
McCoy, Paul, 149, 166. 
iMcCoy, Steplien, 150, 160. 
McCuIley, Fiourance, 166. 
McFarland, Josejih, 150. 
McGee, John, 149. 
McGee, William, 149. 
McGinness, John, 149. 
McGlaug-hlin, Tliomas, 150. 
McGolpiu, Georg-e, 166. 
Mclntire, Andrew, 149, 166. 
Mclntire, Jolin, 149. 
McLain, Obed, 150, 166. 
McLoon, Josiah, 150. 
McLangfhIau, First Lieutenant 

Thomas, 10. 
McLauglilin, John, 166. 
McMasters, Alexander, 149. 
McMurphv, Georg-e, 150 
McNeal, Thomas, 148, 166. 
Medford, regiments (luartered at, 3. 
Meg-oon, Josiah, 150. 
Mendon, 103. 
Menow, Lieut., 80. 
Mercer, Gen., 8. 
Mercey, Cato, 149. 
Merriam, Ezra, 166. 
Merrill, Abel, 148, 100.. 
Merrill, Major Amos, 85. 
Merrill, Barnard, 149. 
Merrill, David, 148. 
Merrill, James, 149. 
Merrill, John, 148, 100. 
Merrill, Nehemiah, 150, 100. 
Merrill, Lieut. Simon, DO. 
Merrimac, 90. 
Milford, Mass., 103 
Miller, Jonathan, 100. 
Miller, Matthew, 150. 



Miller, Robert, 149. 

Millett, John, 148. 

Mills, Ens. and Adj. Joseph, 82. 

Mills, Lieut. Joseph, biog. sketch 

of, 128. 
Mitchell, Isaac, 150, 166. 
Molton, Jonathan. 166. 
Molton, iNathaiiicl, 100. 
Monmouth, battle of, 42. 

number of dead buried, 43. 
Montgomery, (Jeo, 150, 166. 
Moor, James, 148. 
Moore, Vapt. Daniel, 10, 116. 
Moore, Elkin, 100. 
Moore, 1 1 ugh. 15(), lOQ. 
Moore, James, 166. 
Moore, John, 149, 166. 
Moore, Cajit. John, 10. 
Moore, Maj. John, 9. 
Moore, Second Lieut. Jolm, 10. 
Moore, Moses, 100. 
Morgan, Col., 23, 33. 

attacked British, 39. 
Morgan, John, 150, 100. 
Morgan, Jona., 150, 166. 
Morgan's regiment, 35. 
Morgan's riHemen, 42. 
Morling, William, 166. 
Morrell, Maj. Amos, 85, 115. 
biog. sketch of, 118. 
Capt. Amos, 81. 83. 
First Lieut. Amos, 10. 
Morrill, Lieut. Simon, 83. 
Morris, Robert, 75. 
Morrison, Samuel, 148, 166. 
Morristown, march to, 38. 
Morrow, Lieut. S., 88. 
Morse, Enoch, 149, 166. 
Morse, Jacob, 160. 
Morse, Jonathan, 150, 100. 
Moultin, Nathanael, 149. 
Moulton, Nathan, 149. 
Mount Defiance, 28. 
Mount ll()p(\ 27, 38. 
Mount Indejiendence, 25, 28,29. 
Moylan, J., clothit^r general,' 08. 
Munn, Nathan. 14S. 
Munn, William, 148. 
Munro, Lieut, and Quarter Master 

Josiah, 82. 
Munro, Ca])t. Josiah. 81, 119. 
Mutchmore, James, 149. 
Mutiny of Pi>nsylvania line, 73. 

Neal, Samuel, 151. 
Neals, Mr., 31. 



INDEX. 



170 



Xii3dliani, Natlianael, 15 1. 
Nelev, Benjamin, 151. 
Xdle, William, 151. 
Xe.stor of the regiment, 113. 
Xevius, David, 166. 
New Antrim, march to, 38. 
Newburof, 76. 
New City, 33. 

New Hampshire, called upon for 
3 regiments, 12. 

forces, ask for grant of land, 
78. 

line, 115. 

men early in the service, 1. 

regiments draw clothing, 76. 

survey for map of, 103. 

village (on the Hudson), 83. 
New Hartford, march to, 46. 
New Ipswich, 126. 
New Jersey militia, 5. 

term of regiment expired in, 3. 

troops mutiny, 72. 
Newman, Thomas, 151. 
New Milford, march to, 46. 
Ne\non, Timothy, 151, 166. 
Newtown, battle of, 51. 

winter at, 54. 
New Windsor, 77. 

regiment at, 80. 

regiments hutted at, 76. 
New York and Vermont at strife, 
76. 

evacuated, 77. 

troops join Gen. Poor's bri- 
gade, 32. 

troops receive grant of land, 
78. 

the regiment ordered to, 3. 
Nicholson, Da^^d. 166. 
Nicholson, John, 151, 166. 
Night, Abraham, 166. 
Night, John, 166. 
Niies, Gains, 151, 166. 
Nokes, James, 166. 
Norfolk, march to, 46. 
Norris, Joseph, 150. 
North Castle, march to, 44. 
North river, march to highlands 

on, 47. 
Nottingham, 93, 120. 
Number Four (Charlestown), 19, 

25. 
Nutter, Mark, 166. 

O'Brian, John, 151. 
Officers, 81, 82. 



Old Colony Club, 102. 
Odeida Indians come in. 50. 
Orangetown, march to, 55. 
Ordway, Moses, 151. 
Orr, James, 151, 166. 
Osgood, Chaplain David, 9. 
Osgood, Thomas, 151, 166. 
Oxford, Derrick, 151. 

Page, Capt. Caleb, 121. 

Page, Elizabeth, 121. 

Page, Ensign Moses, 85. 

Page, William, 152. 

Pampton, march to, 38. 

Paper currencv, scale of dei)recia- 

tion, 80*. 
Parker, Amasa, 167. 
Parker, Colburn, 166. 
Parker, Coleman, 152. 
Parker, Robert, 151. 
Parkinson, Qr. Master Henry, 9. 
Parry, Thomas, 152. 
Patten, Nathaniel, 151. 
Patterson, Adam, 167. 
Patterson, Isaac, 167. 
Patterson's brigade, 44. 
Pav of officers and men, 87. 
Pav roll, Dec. 31, 1782, 85. 
Pav rolls, 130. 
Peabody, Thomas, 166. 
Peekskill Landing, march to, 44, 

54. 
Pembrooke, 116. 
Pennsylvania, line mutiny, 72. 
Pennsylvania regulars, 5. 
Pensions, 19. 

Peramus, march to, 44, 55. 
Perkins, Benjamin, 151. 
Perkins, Ensign Jona., 83. 
Perry, Benjamin, 167. 
Perry, Ichabod, 166. 
Perrv, John, 151. 
Peterborough, 105, 107, 129. 
Pettegrew, William, 151. 
Pettiugall, Jethro, 152, 166. 
Pettingall, Jona., 152, 167. 
Pettingill, Benjamin, 151. 
Phelps, Samuel, 152. 
Philadelphia, American armv en- 
ter, 42. 

evacuated by British, 41. 

march to, 38. 

the regiment at, 3. 
Philips, Nehemiah, 166. 
Philips, Peter, 152. 
Pierce, Benjamin, 152. 166. 



180 



INDEX. 



Pike, John, 153. 

Pitts, Thomas, IGG. 

Plimpton, I'ncanijx'd at, 54. 

Piuiiimcr, Davis, 152. 

Plummcr, Nathan, 152. 

Plymouth, 102. 

Pocoua, march to, 47. 

Polley, Joseph, 153. 

Pool, Eleazcr, 11;}. 

Pool, Jonatliaii, (Suro-con's mate) 
82. 
Bio(r. sketch of, ll;j. 

Poor, Enoch, made colonel, 13. 

Poor, Col., IS, 19. 

Poor, Gen., 21, 22, 3G, 92, m, 1)5. 
128. 
gives entertainment 4th July, 
48. 

Poor's Bricr-ade, 83, 35, 37, 40, 44, 
45, 46, 50, 51. 
regiment, 41. 

Porter, Noah, 153. 

Porter, Silas, 153, 166. 

Portsmouth, 103. 

Potter, Capt. Joseph, 85, 86, 88. 

Potter, Samuel, 153. 

Potter, Judge, 11. 

Potter's history of Manchester, 4, 
23. 

Pottle, Levi, 152, 166. 

Ponghkeepsie, march to, 38. 

Powell, Benjamin, 167. 

Powell, John, 153. 

Powell, William, 151. 

Powers, Abner, 152, 166. 

Powers, Jonathan, 151. 

Powers, Moses, 166. 

Powers, Nathan, 153. 

Powers, Nathaniel, 166. 

Powers, Simon, 153, 166. 

Powers, Thimias, 152, 153, 16(t. 

Pratt, Thomas, 151, 166. 

Pratt, William, 151. 

Prescott, Col., 111. 

Preston, Abner, 153. 

Prichard, Paul, 126. 

Prichard, William, 129, 153. 

Princeton, l)attle of, 8, 9. 

Prisoners lilierated, 41. 

Pritchard, Lieut, and Adj. Jere- 
miah, 82. 
biog. sketch of, 126. 

Proctor, Ezddel, 167. 

Proctor, Joel, 151, 167. 

Promotions, 83. 

Pudnev, Asa, 166. 



Purple, John, 166. 
Putnam, Daniel, 14, 151, 166. 
Putnam, John, 153. 
Putney, Jonathan, 166. 
Putney, Stephen, 166. 

Quimby, Andrew, 153, 167. 
Quindiy, Eliphalet, 153, 167. 
Quilutamack, march to, 48. 

Raino, John, 154. 

Ralle, Col., 5, 6, 7. 

Kandall, Nathaniel, 167. 

Bankin, Jonathan, 153. 

Bathburn, Solomon, 167. 

Bawlius, John, 154. 

Bead, Zadoc, 167. 

Redding, march to, and wintered 

at, 46. 
Bedfield, William, 154. 
Bedington, Asa, 154, 167. 
Bedner, troo])s at, 40. 
Beed, First Lieut. Abraham, 10. 
Reed, James, made colonel, 3. 
Beed, John, 167. 
Reed, Moses, 167. 
Reed's regiment at battle Bunker 

hiir, 5. 
Begiment, minimum standard of, 

89. 
Begimental clothier, 65. 

regulations, 80. 
Begimeuts united, 97: 
Beid, Col., 86, 118. 
Beid, Lieut. Col. George, 85. 
in command, 78. 
biogr. sketch of, 110. 
Reid, Capt. (leorge, 10. 
Beid, John, 153.- -^ 
Beid. Zadok, 153. 
Beid's comiianv, 133. 

regiment, 'l03. 106, 115, 119. 
Bendall, James, 153. 
Bendall, Nathan. 154. 
Bendall, Samuel, 167. 
Bliinebei>k, nuirch to, 38. 
Bhines, William, 154. 
Bhode Island, 44. 
Bice, Lemuel, 153. 
Bichards, Capt. Samuel, 10. 
Bichardson, Ivemuel, 167. 
Richardson, Nathaniel, 153. 
Bichardson, Paris, 153, 167. 
Bichardson. Bichard, 153. 
Bichardson, Stei>hen, 154, 167. 
IMchardson, William. 153. 



INDEX. 



181 



Riddle, James, 153. 
Riddle, John, 158. 
Rider, James, 153. 
Rido-buiTv, march to, 54. 
Ridgefield, march to, 44. 
Riedesel, memoirs of Gen., 29. 
RiHemen, loss at Saratoga, 35. 
Riter, Daniel, 153. 
Roberts, Juduthcn, 167, 109. 
Roberts, Moses, 154, 167. 
Roberts, Reuben, 167. 
Robertson, John, 153. 
Robinson, Richard, 153, 107. 
Roby, Benjamin, 107. 
Rockingham county, 110. 
Rogers, Daniel, 154. 
Rogers, Reuben, 154. 
Rogers, Richard, 153. 
Roll of officers, 81. 
Rollings, Eliphalet, 167. 
Rollings, John, 167. 
Rollings, Joseph, 167. 
Ronalds, Abram, 167. 
Ronalds, Alexander, 167 
Rooks, Ezekiel, 167. 
Rosse, James, 154. 
Roundy, Asael, 154. 
Rowe, John, 153. 
Royal, Col., 123. 
Royalton, attack on, 13. 
Royce, Amos, 153. 
Royce, Isaac, 167. 
Royce, Joel, 153. 
Runell, John, 153. 
Russ, James, 153. 
Russell, Silas, 154, 107. 

Sales, James, 167. 
Sampson, John, 150, 167. 
Sanborn, Benjamin, 167. 
Sanborn, John, 155. 
Sanborn, Joseph, 156. 
Sanborn, Mathew, M., 167. 
Sanders, Samuel, 168. 
Sanderson, David, 155, 168. 
Sanderson, Thomas, 154. 
Saratoga, British at, 33. 

Battle of, 34. 
Saratoga, march to, 31. 
Saratoga falls, 31. 
Saratoga, winter at, 76. 
Saratoga, second battle. 30, 37. 
Sargent, Bernard, 167, 168. 
Sargent, Daniel, 168. 
Sargent, Paul Dudley, made colo- 
nel, 2. 



Sargent, Robert, 168. 

Sargents, Abel, 167. 

Sartwell, Capt. John, biog. sketch 

of, 117. 
Sartwell, Capt. Lieut., 82. 
Sartwell, Capt., 119. 
Saunders, Samuel, 157. 
Sawyer, Jona., 157. 
Scammell, Col. Alexander, 18, 21, 
63, 00, 85, 93, 98, 103, 104. 

inscription on tombstone, 74. 

made colonel, 12. 

biog. sketch of, 102. 
Scammell's regiment, 35. 
Schegell, Jacob, 167. 
Schenectady, winter at, 76. 
Schuyler, General, 26. 
Schuyler papers, 78. 
Schuylkill, foraging on, 39, 40. 
Scott" Gen., 42. 
Scott, Alexander, 105. 
Scott, Fife Major John, 85, 157. 
Scott, Thomas, 154. 
Scott, Maj. William, 82, 80, 100, 

108, 108. 
Scott, Major, in command, 78. 
Scott, Major William, biog. sketch 

of,"l05. 
Scott, Captian William, 107. 
Scranton, Stephen, 157, 107. 
Scribner, Ebenezer, 158, 168. 
Second New Hampshire regiment, 

74, 110. 
Sells, James, 154. 
Seneca country invaded, 50. 

lake, encampment at, 52. 

lake, march to, 53. 
Senter, Capt. Asa, 81, 85, 86, 119. 
Seuter, Lieut. Asa, 83. 
Sergeant, Daniel, 157. 
Severance, Epham, 150. 
Severance, Thomas, 150. 
Shade, Nathan, 167. 
Shade, Nathaniel, 156. 
Shattuck, William, 155. 
Shaw, Henry, 108. 
Shaw, William, 157. 
Shearer, James, 157. 
Shepard, John, 108. 
Shepard, Merritt, 108. 
Sheppard, Merrill, 157. 
Shesheck, inarch to, 49. 
Shirley, David, 155. 
Short, Benjamin, 107. 
Shrouder, Thomas, 155. 
Silke, Michael, 154, 168. 



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INDEX. 



Simons, James, 150. 

Simons, John, 15G. 

Simons, Levi, 15(5. 

Simons, Silas, 15G. 

Simpson, Josiali, KIT. 

Simpson, William, 15(1, 107. 

Simsbury, march t(i, 40. 

Sinclair, Brad, 155. 

Sinclair, Ebenezer, 155. 

Sinclair, Josluia, 155. 

Sinclair, Samuel, 155. 

Sisco, Samuel, 15(5. 

Sisco, William, 150, 107. 

Slapp, Edward, 155. 

Smart, Caleb, 150. 

Smart, Elijah, 150. 

Smart, Jeremiah, 155. 

Smeed, Darius, 167. 

Smith, Alexander, 155, 167. 

Smith, Benjamin, 155, 157, 107. 

Smith, David, 155, 150. 

Smith, Ebenezer, 158, 107. 

Smith, Edward, 155. 

Smith, Henry, 167. 

Smith, Isaac' 155. 

Smith, Jeremiah, 107. 

Smith, John, 154, 157, 167. 

Smith, Jona., 156. 

Smith, Johnson, 157. 

Smith, Luther, 157, 107. 
Smith, Samuel, 155, 167. 
Snow, Amos, 157, 108. 
Snow, Henr}-, 156. 
Soldiers Fortune, winter at, 50. 

orders bouofht np, 101. 
S()mersw<n-th, 109. 
Soper, First Lieut. Jose])h, 10. 
Sortwell, ('apt. Simon, SI. 
South Canaan, march to, 40. 
Spaulding, Edwartl, 157, 107. 
Spauldino^, Josei)h, 107. 
Spaulding, Samuel, 107. 
Spaulding, Stephen, 107. 
Spencer, Israel, 108. 
Spencer's regiment, 47. 
Spicer, Peter, 154. 
Spofferd, Amos, 159, 168. 
Spafford, Tyler, 158. 
Spot wood, march to, 43. 
Springer, Moses, 157, 107. 
Springfield, march to, 44. 
Staff officers, 1780, 82. 

not to be clothed, 59. 
Standingstone, march to, 49. 
Stanwix. 83. 
Stark, Archil)a](l, S5, 90. 



Stark, Adj. Calel), 11, 84. 
(Ued,12;l 

biog. sketch of, 121. 
Stark, John, 2, 9, Vi, 18, 19, 75, 76 
78,110,121. 
at battle 'I'renton, 6. 
letter to the h^gislature, 20. 
ordered to report, 8. 
died, 93. 
I biog. sketch of, 90. 

life of, 37. 
Stark's at liattle Bunker hill, 3. 
ordered to New Y(jrk, 3. 
regiment, 125. 
State clothiers, 63. 
St. Clair, Cen., 26. 
Stearns, Asa, 154. 
Stearns, Daniel, 154. 
Stearns, Isaac, 155, 158, 108. 
Stearns, Jotham, 155. 
Stetterson, Robert, 168. 
Steuben, Maj. Gen.. 44. 
Stevens. Bartho., 155. 
Stevens, Ephraim, 154. 155. 
Stevens. Henry, 155, 157, 167. 
Stevens, Jonathan, 156. 
Stevens, Nathan, 107. 
Stevens, Peter, 157, 167, 168. 
Stevens, Peter K.. 155, 167. 
Stevens, Roger, 157, 167. 
Stevens, Sergt., 7. 
Stevenson, Robert, 157. 
Stickney, Tlumias. 155. 
Still, John, 157, 107. 
Stillwater, march to, 33, 33. 
Stimpson, William, 155. 
Stocker, Samuel, 150. 
Stockton, Doctor, 80. 
Stockton, Surg. E])enezer. 85. 
Stone, Benjamin, 157, lOS. 
Stone, John, 155, 157, 107. 
Stone, Samuel, 150. 
Stone Arabia, march to, 55. 
Stony Point, 114, 115. 
Stf)rterdam, march to, 44. 
Sudrich, Joseph, 157, 108. 
Sullivan, Gen., 103. 

at battle Trenton, 0. 

near Philadeli)hia, 40. 

to command western army, 

47. 
the regiment under, 3. 
account of battle Newtown, 

51. 
expedition, 120. 
Su])))lies for troojis ordered, 1. 2. 



INDEX. 



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Sutteu, Micliael, 157, 167. 
Sweed's ford, marcli to, 39. 
Sweet, Beujamin, 156. 
Swett, Joliii, 156. 

Taggart, Lieut. James, 84. 
Taggart, John, 158. 

biogr. sketch of, 129. 
Taggart, William, 159, 168. 
Taibert, Francis, 159. 
Tappan, march to, 55. 
Taylor, Benjamin, 158. 
Taylor, Jacob, 158. 
Tavlor, James, 168. 
Taylor, John, 159, 168. 
Taylor, Joslin, 165. 
Taylor, Medad, 158, 168. 
Temple, Adolph, 168. 
Temple, William, 168. 
Third New Hampshire regiment, 

14, 116, 120. 
Thomas, Jacob, 168. 
Thomas, John, 159, 168. 
Thomas, Jonathan, 159, 168. 
Thomas, Stephen, 168. 
Thompson, Abraham, 168. 
Thompson, Charlps, 16, 60, 68. 
Thompson, Ensign Samuel, 83. 
Thompson, Henry, 158, 168. 
Thompson, James, 158. 
Thompson, Loring, 158. 
Thompson, Lieut. Joshua, 83, 86, 
88. 

biogr. sketch of, 128. 
Thompson, Prince, 159. 
Thompson, Seth, 158. 
Thompson, William, 159. 
Thornton, Hugh, 158. 
Three mile point, 26, 27. 
Thurston, Ezekiel, 159, 168. 
Thustin, Abner, 158. 
Tibbitts, Henry, 168. 
Ticonderoga, 31, 109. 

supplies sent to, 19. 

two battalions to be raised at, 
16. 

road to made in French war, 
25. 

retreat from, 28. 

loss at, 29. 
Tioga, march to, 49, 50, 54. 
Titcomb, Lieut. Col. Benjamin, 82. 

biogr. sketch of, 104. 
Toasts, 4th July, 1779, 48. 

at celebration of Burgoyne's 
surrender, 45. 



Todd, Solomon, 158. 
Tories captured, 29. 

in Butler's army, 51. 
Towle, Jeremiah, 158. 
Towne's company, 126. 
Trask, John, 168. 
Trenton, battle of, 6. 
Trickey, John, 168. 
TrickeV, Samuel, 168. 
True, Henry. 158. 
Tucker, Joseph, 158, 168. 
Tunkhannick, marcli to, 47, 49. 
Turner, Ezra, 158. 
Tuttle, Nathan, 158. 
Tuttle, Thomas, 159, 168. 
Tylor, Jeremiah, 168. 

Urin, Jonathan, 168. 

Vance, John, 159. 
Valley-forge, encampment at, 40. 
Vanderlip's farm, 49. 
Van Schaick's island, 32. 
Varnum's regiment, 41. 
Verplanck's point, 76. 
Vinton, James, 168. 
Virginia, march to, 73. 

Wadleigh, John, 168. 
Wagoners not to be clothed, 59. 
Wait, Capt. Jason, 81, 82. 
Wait, Major Jason, 118. 
Walker, Jonathan, 160. 
Walker, William, 160. 
Wallace, John, 161. 
Wallis, John, 168. 
Walls, Peter, 168. 
Walpole, 130. 
Walton, Rufus, 159. 
Walton, Samuel, 160. 
Ward, Benjamin, 161, 168. 
Ward, Stephen, 160. 
Washington, Gen., 41, 42, 55. 

appeals to regiment to remain 
in seryice, 4. 

at Newburgh, 76. 

entered New York, 77. 

the regiment under command 
of, 3, 4. 
Watertown, 116. 
Watson, Thomas, 161, 168. 
Watters, Eupha, 168. 
Watts, John, 160. 
Weare, Lt. Nathan, 85. 
Weare, Meschech, 72. 
Weatherbee, Jacob, 168. 



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Webster, Jonathan, KJl. 

A\'elcli, Thomas, KiS. 

Wells, Josiah, UtO. 

Wells, Peter, 159. 

Wells, Lt. Samuel, 85, 159. 

West, Edward, 108. 

West point, march to, 54, 5G. 

Wetmore, Abraham, KiB. 

Wlieatly, Luther, IGO. 

Wlieeler, Libeus, KiO. 

Wheeler, Reuben, 159. 

Wheelock, Ithamar, 101. 

Wheelork, Jonatlian, 159. 

Whidden, Samuel, 159. 

Whitcombe, Nathaniel, 1G8. 

White, Andrew, 168. 
White, Stephen, 161, 168. 
White, William, 159, 160. 
White Marsh, march to, 38. 
White Plains, march to, 44. 
Whitehall, or Skcnesboro', 29. 
Whitney, Silas, 168. 
Whitock, Thomas, 161. 
Wier, Samuel, 159. 
Wilkins, Isaac, 168. 
Wilkins, Lieut. Robert B., 24. 
Wilkins, Silvester, 160. 
Wilkins, William II., 159. 
Willard, Lieut, and Quarter Mast. 

Jona., 82, l;;30. 
Willard, Wilder, 160. 
Willet, Col., 74. 
Willcy, William, 159, 168. 
Williams, Benjamin, 161. 
Williams, Ebenezer, 159. 
Williams, John, 161. 
Williams, Surg. Obadiah, 10. 
Williamsburg, monument to Col. 

Scammell at, 74. 
Willson, Joseph, 108. 
Wilmington, troops at, 40. 



Wilson, Daniel, 168. 

Wilson, George, 159. 

Wilson, James, 160. 

Wilson, John, 168, 

Wilson, Jonathan, 160. 

Wilson, Joseph, 159, 161, 108. 

Wilson, Robert, 160. 

Wilson, Thomas, 160, 168. 

Wilson, Titus, 159. 

Wilton, 115. 

Winter hill, regiments stationed 

at, 3. 
Winton, James, 161. 
Winton, Williani, 160. 
Wise, Abner, 15!), 108. 
Wisso, Lewis, 160, 168. 
Woburn, 113. 
Wolcott, John, 168. 
Woodbury, C*apt. Elisha, 10. 
Woods, Daniel, 160. 
Woods, Paul, 100. 
Worthiugton, Matthew, 168. 
Warwick, march to, 38. 
Wright, David, 160. 
Wright, Jonathan, 160. 
Wright, Joseph, 160. 
Wright, Phineas, 160. 
Wrine, Jolm, 159. 
Wyman, Lieut. Col. Isaac, 9. 
Wyoming, march to, 54. 

York, Ezekiel, 161, 168. 
York, Joseph, 161, 168. 
York, Samuel, 168, 
York taken, 101. 
Yorktown, 74. 

captured, 73. 
Yarmon, John, 161. 
Young, Daniel, 161. 
Youngman, Jabez, 168. 
Youngman, John, 168. 



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